Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal disorder, associated with moderate to severe intellectual disability. While life expectancy of Down syndrome population has greatly increased over the last decades, mortality rates are still high and subjects are facing prematurely a phenomenon of atypical and accelerated aging. The presence of an immune impairment in Down syndrome subjects is suggested for a long time by the existence of an increased incidence of infections, the incomplete efficacy of vaccinations, and a high prevalence of autoimmunity. Immunologic abnormalities have been described since many years in this population, both from a numerical and a functional points of view, and these abnormalities can mirror the ones observed during normal aging. In this review, we summarize our knowledge on immunologic disturbances commonly observed in subjects with Down syndrome, and in innate and adaptive immunity, as well as regarding chronic inflammation. We then discuss the role of accelerated aging in these observed abnormalities and finally review the potential age-associated molecular and cellular mechanisms involved.

Down syndrome, accelerated aging and immunosenescence / Gensous N.; Bacalini M.G.; Franceschi C.; Garagnani P.. - In: SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY. - ISSN 1863-2297. - STAMPA. - 42:5(2020), pp. 635-645. [10.1007/s00281-020-00804-1]

Down syndrome, accelerated aging and immunosenescence

Gensous N.;Bacalini M. G.;Franceschi C.;Garagnani P.
2020

Abstract

Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal disorder, associated with moderate to severe intellectual disability. While life expectancy of Down syndrome population has greatly increased over the last decades, mortality rates are still high and subjects are facing prematurely a phenomenon of atypical and accelerated aging. The presence of an immune impairment in Down syndrome subjects is suggested for a long time by the existence of an increased incidence of infections, the incomplete efficacy of vaccinations, and a high prevalence of autoimmunity. Immunologic abnormalities have been described since many years in this population, both from a numerical and a functional points of view, and these abnormalities can mirror the ones observed during normal aging. In this review, we summarize our knowledge on immunologic disturbances commonly observed in subjects with Down syndrome, and in innate and adaptive immunity, as well as regarding chronic inflammation. We then discuss the role of accelerated aging in these observed abnormalities and finally review the potential age-associated molecular and cellular mechanisms involved.
2020
Down syndrome, accelerated aging and immunosenescence / Gensous N.; Bacalini M.G.; Franceschi C.; Garagnani P.. - In: SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY. - ISSN 1863-2297. - STAMPA. - 42:5(2020), pp. 635-645. [10.1007/s00281-020-00804-1]
Gensous N.; Bacalini M.G.; Franceschi C.; Garagnani P.
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