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Editor's Pick : Growth and longevity modulation through larval environment mediate immunosenescence and immune strategy of Tenebrio molitor

Agathe Crosland, Thierry Rigaud, Charlène Develay & Yannick Moret
Immunity & Ageing volume 21, Article number: 7 (2024)

Model organisms, especially invertebrates, are commonly used in ageing research, but studies on immune function in this context are few and far between. In this paper, Crosland et al. consider trade-offs between energy allocation for growth, reproduction and somatic maintenance, including immunity. Rapid growth might deplete resources, reducing investment in maintenance, potentially leading to earlier or faster senescence and a shorter lifespan. On the other hand, rapid growth could limit exposure to parasitism before reaching adulthood, decreasing the need for investing in the double-edged sword of immunity. In this analysis, the authors hypothesize that differential investment in different components of insect immunity (i.e. cellular, enzymatic, and antibacterial) is adjusted depending on the cost of resources needed for growth, longevity, and associated risks of parasitism.

https://immunityageing.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12979-023-00409-w

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The increasing realization that immune ageing and organismal ageing are intimately inter-related puts the immune system at centre-stage in our efforts to understand and manipulate the ageing process.

Immunity & Ageing provides a specific conduit for dissemination of new knowledge in this increasingly important arena. Published since 2004, the journal is a specialist open access journal dedicated to promulgating information on the impact of ageing on immune systems, the influence of aged immune systems on organismal well-being and longevity, age-associated diseases which have at least partly an immune etiology, and potential immune interventions to increase health span.

Immunity & Ageing welcomes submissions dealing with any aspect of ageing in human and model organisms that relates to immune function.  Papers dealing with any aspect of ageing that does not include a substantial immunological element will not be considered.

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About the Editors-in-Chief

Professor Graham Pawelec, MA, PhD (Cantab), University of Tübingen, Germany

Graham Pawelec is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Tübingen, Germany, where he led the Tübingen Ageing and Tumour Immunology (TATI) group from 1999 to 2017. He is currently affiliated with the Health Sciences North Research Institute of Canada, Sudbury, ON, and is a Visiting Professor at Nottingham Trent University, King´s College London, and Manchester University, UK. His research interests remain centered on immunogerontology in the context of cancer immunology and immunotherapy, and vaccination.

Professor Daniela Frasca, BSc (Biology), PhD, University of Miami, USA

Daniela Frasca is Research Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Visiting Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, UNIFESP, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. Her work focuses on the mechanisms by which obesity induces defects in humoral immunity and B cell function similar to those induced by aging in both mice and humans, as well as on the metabolic regulation of humoral immunity in elderly individuals with inflammatory conditions, primarily autoimmunity and cancer.

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Professor Calogero Caruso MD Professor of General Pathology and Director of Palermo University Medical School “Ippocrate”

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