ArticleImmunity & ageing : I & A2024
Peripheral CD4
Article in Immunity & ageing : I & A, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Abstract
Cognitive decline is a critical hallmark of brain aging. Although aging is a natural process, there is significant heterogeneity in cognition levels among individuals; however, the underlying mechanisms remain uncertain. In our study, we classified aged male Sprague‒Dawley rats into aged cognition-unimpaired (AU) group and aged cognition-impaired (AI) group by using an attentional set-shifting task. The transcriptome sequencing results of medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) demonstrated significant differences in microglial activation and inflammatory response pathways between the two groups. Specifically, compared to AU rats, AI rats exhibited a greater presence of CD86-positive microglia and major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II)-positive microglia, along with elevated inflammatory molecules, in mPFC. Conversely, AI rats exhibited a reduction in the percentage of microglia expressing CD200R and the anti-inflammatory molecules Arg-1 and TGF-β. Additionally, peripheral blood analysis of AI rats demonstrated elevated levels of Th17 and Th1 cells, along with proinflammatory molecules; however, decreased levels of Treg cells, along with anti-inflammatory molecules, were observed in AI rats. Our research suggested that peripheral Th17/Treg cells and central microglial activation were associated with cognitive heterogeneity in aged rats. These findings may provide a new target for healthy aging.
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