DNA damage and repair in age-related inflammation

Y Zhao, M Simon, A Seluanov… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Genomic instability is an important driver of ageing. The accumulation of DNA damage is
believed to contribute to ageing by inducing cell death, senescence and tissue dysfunction …

Overcoming cancer therapeutic bottleneck by drug repurposing

Z Zhang, L Zhou, N **e, EC Nice, T Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Ever present hurdles for the discovery of new drugs for cancer therapy have necessitated
the development of the alternative strategy of drug repurposing, the development of old …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of epigenetic information as a cause of mammalian aging

JH Yang, M Hayano, PT Griffin, JA Amorim… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
All living things experience an increase in entropy, manifested as a loss of genetic and
epigenetic information. In yeast, epigenetic information is lost over time due to the …

Benefits of metformin in attenuating the hallmarks of aging

AS Kulkarni, S Gubbi, N Barzilai - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Biological aging involves an interplay of conserved and targetable molecular mechanisms,
summarized as the hallmarks of aging. Metformin, a biguanide that combats age-related …

DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

CG Bell, R Lowe, PD Adams, AA Baccarelli, S Beck… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Epigenetic clocks comprise a set of CpG sites whose DNA methylation levels measure
subject age. These clocks are acknowledged as a highly accurate molecular correlate of …

Pleiotropic effects of mitochondria in aging

T Lima, TY Li, A Mottis, J Auwerx - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
Aging is typified by a progressive decline in mitochondrial activity and stress resilience.
Here, we review how mitochondrial stress pathways have pleiotropic effects on cellular and …

An integrated multi-omics approach identifies epigenetic alterations associated with Alzheimer's disease

R Nativio, Y Lan, G Donahue, S Sidoli, A Berson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Protein aggregation is the hallmark of neurodegeneration, but the molecular mechanisms
underlying late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) are unclear. Here we integrated …

The ageing epigenome and its rejuvenation

W Zhang, J Qu, GH Liu, JCI Belmonte - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Ageing is characterized by the functional decline of tissues and organs and the increased
risk of ageing-associated disorders. Several 'rejuvenating'interventions have been proposed …

Cytoplasmic chromatin triggers inflammation in senescence and cancer

Z Dou, K Ghosh, MG Vizioli, J Zhu, P Sen… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Chromatin is traditionally viewed as a nuclear entity that regulates gene expression and
silencing,,. However, we recently discovered the presence of cytoplasmic chromatin …

Stress, epigenetics, and aging: unraveling the intricate crosstalk

Z Wu, J Qu, W Zhang, GH Liu - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Aging, as a complex process involving multiple cellular and molecular pathways, is known to
be exacerbated by various stresses. Because responses to these stresses, such as oxidative …