What Centenarians' Immune Systems Reveal About Escaping Age-Related Disease
Based on: The long-lived immune system of centenarians.
People who live past 100 tend to have immune systems that look surprisingly young. This review found they have less chronic inflammation, better cellular cleanup (autophagy), and gut bacteria patterns linked to healthy aging. Those living past 110 often have immune profiles resembling much younger adults.
Key Insight
This research suggests that keeping inflammation low may be one pillar of reaching extreme old age.
Original Paper
Plaza-Florido A, Carrera-Bastos P, Pérez-Prieto I, Fiuza-Luces C, Radom-Aizik S, Del Pozo Cruz B, Franceschi C, López-Soto A, López-Otín C, Lucia A
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