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SUBMITTER: Yarbro JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7409778 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yarbro Johnathan R JR Emmons Russell S RS Pence Brandt D BD
Immunometabolism 20200701 3
Aging is a complex process that involves dysfunction on multiple levels, all of which seem to converge on inflammation. Macrophages are intimately involved in initiating and resolving inflammation, and their dysregulation with age is a primary contributor to inflammaging-a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation that develops during aging. Among the age-related changes that occur to macrophages are a heightened state of basal inflammation and diminished or hyperactive inflammatory responses, wh ...[more]