Aging of thymus gland and immune system

Morphofunctional and signaling molecules overlap of the pineal gland and thymus: role and significance in aging

Deficits in neuroendocrine-immune system functioning, including alterations in pineal and thymic glands, contribute to aging-associated diseases. This study looks at ageing-associated alterations in pineal and thymic gland functioning evaluating common signaling molecules present in both human and animal pinealocytes and thymocytes: endocrine cell markers (melatonin, serotonin, pCREB, AANAT, CG...

The Thymus Gland - ReadingSample

Compensatory Hypertrophy of Thymus Gland

We recently have reported several studies concerning the marked stimulation of growth and regeneration that occurs in the thymus gland of rats, of any age, following double suprarenalectomy (1-3). We showed that, as the result of such a procedure, marked hyperplasia of the involuting thymus, with enlargement of the same, occurs with great constancy. In line with these studies, we undertook a se...

The Immune System, Hiv, & Aging

The gracefully aging immune system.

Prolonged life expectancy in the 20th century has been one of humankind's greatest triumphs. However, the substantial increase in the human life span has ushered in a new concern: healthy aging. Because infectious diseases prominently contribute to morbidity in the particularly vulnerable elderly population, strategies for preventing these diseases would have a clear impact on improving healthy...