TY - JOUR
T1 - Biologically informed machine learning modeling of immune cells to reveal physiological and pathological aging process
AU - Zhang, Cangang
AU - Ren, Tao
AU - Zhao, Xiaofan
AU - Su, Yanhong
AU - Wang, Qianhao
AU - Zhang, Tianzhe
AU - He, Boxiao
AU - Chen, Yabing
AU - Wu, Ling Yun
AU - Sun, Lina
AU - Zhang, Baojun
AU - Xia, Zheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - The immune system undergoes progressive functional remodeling from neonatal stages to old age. Therefore, understanding how aging shapes immune cell function is vital for precise treatment of patients at different life stages. Here, we constructed the first transcriptomic atlas of immune cells encompassing human lifespan, ranging from newborns to supercentenarians, and comprehensively examined gene expression signatures involving cell signaling, metabolism, differentiation, and functions in all cell types to investigate immune aging changes. By comparing immune cell composition among different age groups, HLA highly expressing NK cells and CD83 positive B cells were identified with high percentages exclusively in the teenager (Tg) group, whereas unknown_T cells were exclusively enriched in the supercentenarian (Sc) group. Notably, we found that the biological age (BA) of pediatric COVID-19 patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome accelerated aging according to their chronological age (CA). Besides, we proved that inflammatory shift- myeloid abundance and signature correlate with the progression of complications in Kawasaki disease (KD). The shift- myeloid signature was also found to be associated with KD treatment resistance, and effective therapies improve treatment outcomes by reducing this signaling. Finally, based on those age-related immune cell compositions, we developed a novel BA prediction model PHARE (https://xiazlab.org/phare/), which can apply to both scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq data. Using this model, we found patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) also exhibit accelerated aging compared to healthy individuals. Overall, our study revealed changes in immune cell proportions and function associated with aging, both in health and disease, and provided a novel tool for successfully capturing features that accelerate or delay aging.
AB - The immune system undergoes progressive functional remodeling from neonatal stages to old age. Therefore, understanding how aging shapes immune cell function is vital for precise treatment of patients at different life stages. Here, we constructed the first transcriptomic atlas of immune cells encompassing human lifespan, ranging from newborns to supercentenarians, and comprehensively examined gene expression signatures involving cell signaling, metabolism, differentiation, and functions in all cell types to investigate immune aging changes. By comparing immune cell composition among different age groups, HLA highly expressing NK cells and CD83 positive B cells were identified with high percentages exclusively in the teenager (Tg) group, whereas unknown_T cells were exclusively enriched in the supercentenarian (Sc) group. Notably, we found that the biological age (BA) of pediatric COVID-19 patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome accelerated aging according to their chronological age (CA). Besides, we proved that inflammatory shift- myeloid abundance and signature correlate with the progression of complications in Kawasaki disease (KD). The shift- myeloid signature was also found to be associated with KD treatment resistance, and effective therapies improve treatment outcomes by reducing this signaling. Finally, based on those age-related immune cell compositions, we developed a novel BA prediction model PHARE (https://xiazlab.org/phare/), which can apply to both scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq data. Using this model, we found patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) also exhibit accelerated aging compared to healthy individuals. Overall, our study revealed changes in immune cell proportions and function associated with aging, both in health and disease, and provided a novel tool for successfully capturing features that accelerate or delay aging.
KW - Aging clock
KW - Biological age
KW - Chronological age
KW - Immune aging
KW - Machine learning
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U2 - 10.1186/s12979-024-00479-4
DO - 10.1186/s12979-024-00479-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85207404217
SN - 1742-4933
VL - 21
JO - Immunity and Ageing
JF - Immunity and Ageing
IS - 1
M1 - 74
ER -