TORC1 inhibition enhances immune function and reduces infections in the elderly

Authors: Joan B. Mannick, Melody K. Morris, Hans Hockey, Guglielmo Roma, Martin Beibel, Kenneth Kulmatycki, Mollie Watkins, Tea Shavlakadze, Weihua Zhou, Dean Quinn, David J. Glass, Lloyd B. Klickstein - Science Translational Medicine 2018 cited by 492

= 0.001) decrease in the rate of infections reported by elderly subjects for a year after study drug initiation. In addition, we observed an up-regulation of antiviral gene expression and an improvement in the response to influenza vaccination in this treatment group. Thus, selective TORC1 inhibition has the potential to improve immune function and reduce infections in the elderly.