Difference in changes of peripheral blood and immune cell phenotypes between aged and young C57BL / 6J mice
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(1. Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Comparative Medicine Center,Peking Union Medical College; NHC Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine; Beijing Engineering Research Center for Laboratory Animal Models of Human Critical Diseases, Beijing 100021,China.2. Institute of Radiation Medicine,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College;Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine,Tianjin 300192)

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    Objective To investigate the changes of peripheral blood and immune cell phenotypes between agedand young C57BL/6J mice. Methods Peripheral blood cell count, immune organ coefficient and peripheral blood immunecell phenotype in aged C57BL/6J mice (19 months) and 2-month-old C57BL/6J mice used as control adult mice wereanalyzed. Results Compared with young mice, the aged mice had an increased peripheral blood platelet count, increasedproportion of neutrophils, and a decreased proportion of lymphocytes ( P <0. 001). The thymus coefficient was significantlyreduced ( P <0. 001). The percentage of CD4+ cells in the peripheral blood immune cell typing was obviously reduced ( P <0. 001). Conclusions The blood cells in aged mice are differentially skewed, and helper T-cell numbers declined. Thechanges are similar to those in the aging human. This study provides basic data for research on immuno-senescence.

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  • Received:February 19,2019
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