Role of cytokines and reactive oxygen species in brain aging
Sheba M J MohanKumar1, Abarna Murugan1, Arunkumar Palaniyappan1
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Abstract:
Aging is a complex process that produces profound effects on the brain. Although a number of external factors can promote the initiation and progression of brain aging, peripheral and central changes in the immune cells with time, also play an important role. Immunosenescence, which is an age-associated decline in immune function and Inflammaging, a low-grade inflammatory state in the aging brain contribute to an elevation in cytokine and reactive oxygen species production. In this review, we focus on the pro-inflammatory state that is established in the brain as a consequence of these two phenomena and the resulting detrimental changes in brain structure, function and repair that lead to a decline in central and neuroendocrine function.
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