Epigenetics of aging and aging-associated diseases

D Saul, RL Kosinsky - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aging represents the multifactorial decline in physiological function of every living organism.
Over the past decades, several hallmarks of aging have been defined, including epigenetic …

Evaluation of post-translational modifications in histone proteins: A review on histone modification defects in developmental and neurological disorders

S Ramazi, A Allahverdi, J Zahiri - Journal of biosciences, 2020 - Springer
Post-translational modification (PTM) in histone proteins is a covalent modification which
mainly consists of methylation, phosphorylation, acetylation, ubiquitylation, SUMOylation …

[HTML][HTML] The biology of aging and cancer: a brief overview of shared and divergent molecular hallmarks

JR Aunan, WC Cho, K Søreide - Aging and disease, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging is the inevitable time-dependent decline in physiological organ function and is a
major risk factor for cancer development. Due to advances in health care, hygiene control …

Single-cell epigenome analysis reveals age-associated decay of heterochromatin domains in excitatory neurons in the mouse brain

Y Zhang, ML Amaral, C Zhu, SF Grieco, X Hou, L Lin… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Loss of heterochromatin has been implicated as a cause of pre-mature aging and age-
associated decline in organ functions in mammals; however, the specific cell types and gene …

Epigenetic mechanisms of aging and aging-associated diseases

A la Torre, F Lo Vecchio, A Greco - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aging is an inevitable outcome of life, characterized by a progressive decline in tissue and
organ function. At a molecular level, it is marked by the gradual alterations of biomolecules …

From molecular promise to preclinical results: HDAC inhibitors in the race for healthy aging drugs

RL McIntyre, EG Daniels, M Molenaars… - EMBO molecular …, 2019 - embopress.org
Reversing or slowing the aging process brings great promise to treat or prevent age‐related
disease, and targeting the hallmarks of aging is a strategy to achieve this. Epigenetics …

Aging is associated with increased chromatin accessibility and reduced polymerase pausing in liver

M Bozukova, C Nikopoulou… - Molecular Systems …, 2022 - embopress.org
Regulation of gene expression is linked to the organization of the genome. With age,
chromatin alterations occur on all levels of genome organization, accompanied by changes …

Tri-methylation of histone H3 lysine 4 facilitates gene expression in ageing cells

C Cruz, M Della Rosa, C Krueger, Q Gao, D Horkai… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Transcription of protein coding genes is accompanied by recruitment of COMPASS to
promoter-proximal chromatin, which methylates histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) to form …

Directly converted astrocytes retain the ageing features of the donor fibroblasts and elucidate the astrocytic contribution to human CNS health and disease

N Gatto, C Dos Santos Souza, AC Shaw, SM Bell… - Aging …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes are highly specialised cells, responsible for CNS homeostasis and neuronal
activity. Lack of human in vitro systems able to recapitulate the functional changes affecting …

Emerging role of HDACs in regeneration and ageing in the peripheral nervous system: repair Schwann cells as pivotal targets

JA Gomez-Sanchez, N Patel, F Martirena… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The peripheral nervous system (PNS) has a remarkable regenerative capacity in
comparison to the central nervous system (CNS), a phenomenon that is impaired during …