Lingxia Wang, Xixi Zhang, Haiwei Zhang, Kaili Lu, Ming Li, Xiaoming Li, Yangjing Ou, Xiaoming Zhao, Xiaoxia Wu, Xuanhui Wu, Jianling Liu, Mingyan Xing, Han Liu, Yue Zhang, Yongchang Tan, Fang Li, Xiaoxue Deng, Jiangshan Deng, Xiaojie Zhang, Jinbao Li, Yuwu Zhao, Qiurong Ding, Haikun Wang, Xiuzhe Wang, Yan Luo, Ben Zhou, Haibing Zhang
In mammals, the most remarkable T cell variations with aging are the shrinking of the naïve T cell pool and the enlargement of the memory T cell pool, which are partially caused by thymic involution. However, the mechanism underlying the relationship between T-cell changes and aging remains unclear. In this study, we find that T-cell-specific Rip1 KO mice show similar age-related T cell changes and exhibit signs of accelerated aging-like phenotypes, including inflammation, multiple age-related diseases, and a shorter lifespan...
November 15, 2023: EMBO Reports