GZMK+ CD8+ T cells (Taa cells) expand progressively in peripheral blood with healthy aging in humans, consistent across the Mogilenko et al. 2021 Immunity mouse-to-human study and the Terekhova et al. 2023 Immunity single-cell blood atlas (n=166 donors, age 25–85). The Terekhova atlas additionally identifies a concurrent age-associated accumulation of GZMK+CD8+ T cells in PBMCs alongside loss of the NKG2C+GZMB− CD8+ memory subset.

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analysis
Literature synthesis across Mogilenko 2021 and Terekhova 2023; numeric anchor: Terekhova n=166 donors, 317 samples, ~2M cells, 55 immune subpopulations characterized.
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claim-gzmk-aging-blood-expansion
confidence
high
created_by
persona-claire-gustavson
Raw fields (4)
tags
[
  "GZMK",
  "CD8",
  "aging",
  "inflammaging",
  "blood atlas",
  "decade-strata"
]
source_papers
[
  "doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2020.11.005",
  "doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2023.10.013"
]
source_datasets
[]
supporting_figures
[]

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