title: Reversing B cell aging.
abstract: Age-related alterations in the cellular composition of the B lineage are a major cause of the poor antibody response to vaccination and to infectious agents among the elderly population. The mechanisms leading to these changes are poorly understood. Recently, we have shown that these changes reflect, at least in part, homeostatic pressures imposed by long-lived B cells that accumulate with aging, and that aging in the B lineage can be reversed upon alteration of B cell homeostasis by depletion. Here we discuss homeostatic causes for B lineage immunosenescence, and the potential for its rejuvenation.
authors.affiliation: The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Ramit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehr
authors.forename: Doron
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melamed
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000276:immunology*; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D038041:Lymphopoiesis / Q000502:physiology