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Neuroimmunoendocrine mechanisms of aging

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This review details the mechanisms of aging from the position of common signaling molecules produced in three regulatory systems: nervous, endocrine, and immune. It shows that the neuroendocrine hormonal regulation of homeostasis plays an important role in the complex chain of processes that lead to aging of cells, tissues, organs, and the body as a whole. Particular attention is given to morphofunctional involution of nervous, endocrine, and immune systems, accompanied by a breach of elaborate signaling molecules. Detailed analysis and further development of integrated molecular commonality of views on the regulatory systems of both the central and especially local levels, opens vast new opportunities for deepening knowledge of the mechanisms of aging, as well as for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases associated with aging in which pathogenesis, the discoordination of neuroimmunoendocrine signaling mechanisms plays an important role.

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Original Russian Text © M.A. Paltsev, I.M. Kvetnoy, V.O. Polyakova, T.V. Kvetnaia, A.V. Trofimov, 2009, published in Uspekhi Gerontologii, 2009, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 24–36.

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Paltsev, M.A., Kvetnoy, I.M., Polyakova, V.O. et al. Neuroimmunoendocrine mechanisms of aging. Adv Gerontol 1, 28–38 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079057011010103

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