Multiple sclerosis progression: time for a new mechanism-driven framework

T Kuhlmann, M Moccia, T Coetzee, JA Cohen… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Traditionally, multiple sclerosis has been categorised by distinct clinical descriptors—
relapsing-remitting, secondary progressive, and primary progressive—for patient care …

The landscape of aging

Y Cai, W Song, J Li, Y **g, C Liang, L Zhang… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Aging is characterized by a progressive deterioration of physiological integrity, leading to
impaired functional ability and ultimately increased susceptibility to death. It is a major risk …

Telomere dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases

F Rossiello, D Jurk, JF Passos… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Ageing organisms accumulate senescent cells that are thought to contribute to body
dysfunction. Telomere shortening and damage are recognized causes of cellular …

Genetics of human telomere biology disorders

P Revy, C Kannengiesser, AA Bertuch - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures at the ends of linear chromosomes that
prevent the activation of DNA damage response and repair pathways. Numerous factors …

The central role of DNA damage in the ageing process

B Schumacher, J Pothof, J Vijg, JHJ Hoeijmakers - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Ageing is a complex, multifaceted process leading to widespread functional decline that
affects every organ and tissue, but it remains unknown whether ageing has a unifying causal …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and regulation of cellular senescence

L Roger, F Tomas, V Gire - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cellular senescence entails a state of an essentially irreversible proliferative arrest in which
cells remain metabolically active and secrete a range of pro-inflammatory and proteolytic …

Accelerated biological aging in COVID-19 patients

X Cao, W Li, T Wang, D Ran, V Davalos… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chronological age is a risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19. Previous
findings indicate that epigenetic age could be altered in viral infection. However, the …

Sex differences in biological aging with a focus on human studies

S Hägg, J Jylhävä - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Aging is a complex biological process characterized by hallmark features accumulating over
the life course, sha** the individual's aging trajectory and subsequent disease risks. There …

Polygenic basis and biomedical consequences of telomere length variation

V Codd, Q Wang, E Allara, C Musicha, S Kaptoge… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Telomeres, the end fragments of chromosomes, play key roles in cellular proliferation and
senescence. Here we characterize the genetic architecture of naturally occurring variation in …

A computational solution for bolstering reliability of epigenetic clocks: implications for clinical trials and longitudinal tracking

AT Higgins-Chen, KL Thrush, Y Wang, CJ Minteer… - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
Epigenetic clocks are widely used aging biomarkers calculated from DNA methylation data,
but this data can be surprisingly unreliable. Here we show that technical noise produces …