THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN AGE-RELATED DISEASES

The risk of developing of the diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, arthritis, type 2 diabetes and cancer increases with age. This is why these diseases are also referred to as age-related diseases. There is evidence that the development of age-related diseases significantly contributes to the so-called. Immune aging, in particular, age-related changes in the immune system, one of the manifestations of which is a low level systemic chronic inflammation. The term "inflammatory aging" (Inflamm-aging) well describes the close relationship between low-grade chronic inflammation and aging. At the present stage of the development of medicine, the mechanisms associated with the development of age-related, low-level, chronic inflammatory processes and the ways of their evaluation require further in-depth, multidisciplinary studies. Clearly, inflammatory aging is a predictor of many age-related disease development and high risk of death. Clinical studies have confirmed the view that inhibition of certain mediators of inflammation may reduce the incidence of age-related diseases. However, similar studies focusing on anti-inflammatory drugs are few in number and the results are ambiguous. Further fundamental and translational studies in this direction hope that in the future we will be able to regulate inflammatory processes in a way that ensures a healthy and long-lasting aging of the population.