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. 2025 Aug 22;18:81. doi: 10.1186/s13045-025-01735-w

Table 1.

The summarization of the functional changes of senescent immune cells under different conditions

Neutrophils Macrophages T cells B cells NK cells
Inhibiting apoptosis Sepsis [393]
Dysregulation of phagosomal function Cystic fibrosis (CF) [394]
Secretion of  exosome (piR-17560) Breast cancer [395]
Impairing phagocytic activity Atopy [396]
Higher phagocytic activity Endotoxemia [397, 398]
NETs formation Endotoxemia [397, 398]
Inflammation Psoriasis [399] Neuroinflammatory phenotype [400], Alzheimer’s disease (AD) [401], atherosclerosis [402], osteoporosis (SOP)   [403, 404], obesity [405] Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [406], Severe infection [407], Brown adipose tissue [408], Elderly hypertension [409], Inflammatory bowel disease [410]
Secretion of grancalcin Fracture [411]
Expression of fibrosis-associated factors Pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) [412414]
Production of Arginase-1 Glioblastoma [415]
Anti-tumor immunity Melanoma [251, 416, 417]
TCR signaling Lupus [418, 419]
Secretion of granzyme B (GZMB) and perforin-1 (PRF1) Bacterial infection [420] (Increased) Depression [421] (Decreased)
Delayed anti-virus ability Systemic viral infection [83, 422]
Reduced IL-7R expression Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) [423]
Decreased vaccine response Obesity [424], HIV [425]
Decreased IgA production Ileum infection [426]
Cytolytic activity Chronic circadian disruption [427]