A Novel Strategy to Model Age-Related Cancer for Elucidation of the Role of Th17 Inflammaging in Cancer Progression

Cancer is a disease of aging, but most studies on cancer are in young but not aged animal models, and cancer clinical trials are rarely performed in older adults. Recognition of the connections between aging and cancer and improvement of treatment for elderly cancer patients has become one of the mo...

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Published in:Cancers 2022-10, Vol.14 (21), p.5185
Main Authors: Zhang, Qiuyang, Jazwinski, S Michal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aging
Alzheimer's disease
Animal models
Arthritis
Cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Clinical trials
Communication
Development and progression
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Epigenetics
Geriatrics
Health aspects
Helper cells
Immune system
Inflammation
Inflammatory diseases
Lymphocytes
Lymphocytes T
Malignancy
Molecular modelling
Older people
Prostate
Prostate cancer
Senescence
T cells
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
Tumorigenesis
Tumors
Womens health
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Summary:Cancer is a disease of aging, but most studies on cancer are in young but not aged animal models, and cancer clinical trials are rarely performed in older adults. Recognition of the connections between aging and cancer and improvement of treatment for elderly cancer patients has become one of the most critical medical issues with the global increase in the elderly population. Mouse models are essential experimental tools for understanding the molecular mechanisms of complex processes and related gene pathways of biological aging. However, few mouse models can be used to understand the role of aging in cancer development and the underlying mechanisms. One of the hallmarks of aging is chronic inflammation, often called inflammaging. This is our rationale for examining the role of aging-related inflammation in prostate cancer, a major aging malignancy. We have now developed a novel method to generate age-related cancer models in mice to better understand how age impacts cancer initiation and progression in the natural aging process. We discuss its application to elucidate some of the contributing mechanisms.
ISSN:2072-6694
2072-6694
DOI:10.3390/cancers14215185