Aging & Longevity

Modular mechanisms of immune priming and growth inhibition mediated by plant effector-triggered immunity

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Excessive activation of effector-triggered immunity (ETI) in plants inhibits plant growth and activates cell death. ETI mediated by intracellular Toll/interleukin-1 receptor/resistance protein (TIR) nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) involves two partially redundant signaling nodes in Arabidopsis, ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY 1-PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT 4-ACTIVATED DISEASE RESISTANCE 1 (EDS1-PAD4-ADR1) and EDS1-SENESCENCE-ASSOCIATED GENE 101-N REQUIREMENT GENE 1...
Himanshu Chhillar

Systemic immune inflammation mediates the association of serum omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids with biological aging: a national population-based study

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CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that higher levels of certain PUFAs were associated with a reduction in PhenoAge acceleration either individually or in combination, with DHA having the most prominent effect in mixed effects. The SII mediated these relationships, suggesting that PUFAs may slow biological aging by reducing inflammation. These findings highlighted the potential role of PUFAs in mitigating accelerated aging and their implications for aging-related health interventions.
Fei Shan

Repositioning coal power to accelerate net-zero transition of China's power system

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Countries are urged to advance the energy transition in a just, orderly, and equitable manner, yet the appropriate pathway remains unclear. Using a provincial-level, hourly-dispatched power system model of China that incorporates intertemporal decisions on early retirement and carbon capture retrofitting, our study reveals that for coal-rich but gas-poor economies, repositioning coal power from a baseload resource to a flexibility provider can accelerate net-zero transition of the power system...
Kangxin An

Mechanistic insights into stem cell fate regulation via RNA methylation

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Stem cells possess an extraordinary ability for self-renewal and differentiation, making them essential for tissue repair, regeneration, and anti-aging. RNA methylation is crucial in regulating stem cell fate by modulating gene expression. This review synthesizes current research on RNA methylation modifications, such as m⁶A, m⁷G, m⁵C, and m¹A, and their impact on adult stem cell fate. It provides a comprehensive overview of the molecular machinery involved in RNA methylation, emphasizes the...
Yushuang Sun

Fetal-like reversion in the regenerating intestine is regulated by mesenchymal asporin

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Mesenchymal cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) support epithelium during homeostasis and regeneration. However, the role of the mesenchyme in epithelial conversion into a fetal-like regenerative state after damage is not known. We modeled epithelial regeneration by culturing intestinal epithelium on decellularized small intestinal scaffolds (iECM) and identify asporin (Aspn), an ECM-bound proteoglycan, as a critical mediator of epithelial fetal-like reprogramming. After damage, transient...
Sharif Iqbal

Continuous map of early hematopoietic stem cell differentiation across human lifetime

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Uncovering early gene network changes of human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) leading to differentiation induction is of utmost importance for therapeutic manipulation. We employed single cell proteo-transcriptomic sequencing to FACS-enriched bone marrow hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) from 15 healthy donors. Pseudotime analysis reveals four major differentiation trajectories, which remain consistent upon aging, with an early branching point into megakaryocyte-erythroid...
Hana Komic

An obesogenic FTO allele causes accelerated development, growth and insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle cells

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Human GWAS have shown that obesogenic FTO polymorphisms correlate with lean mass, but the mechanisms have remained unclear. It is counterintuitive because lean mass is inversely correlated with obesity and metabolic diseases. Here, we use CRISPR to knock-in FTO^(rs9939609-A) into hESC-derived tissue models, to elucidate potentially hidden roles of FTO during development. We find that among human tissues, FTO^(rs9939609-A) most robustly affect human muscle progenitors' proliferation,...
Lu Guang

Senescent-like microglia limit remyelination through the senescence associated secretory phenotype

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The capacity to regenerate myelin in the central nervous system diminishes with age. This decline is particularly evident in multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic demyelinating disease. Whether cellular senescence, a hallmark of aging, contributes to remyelination impairment remains unknown. Here, we show that senescent cells accumulate within demyelinated lesions after injury, and treatments with senolytics enhances remyelination in young and middle-aged mice but not aged mice. In young mice, we...
Phillip S Gross

A torpor-like state in mice slows blood epigenetic aging and prolongs healthspan

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Torpor and hibernation are extreme physiological adaptations of homeotherms associated with pro-longevity effects. Yet the underlying mechanisms of how torpor affects aging, and whether hypothermic and hypometabolic states can be induced to slow aging and increase healthspan, remain unknown. Here we demonstrate that the activity of a spatially defined neuronal population in the preoptic area, which has previously been identified as a torpor-regulating brain region, is sufficient to induce a...
Lorna Jayne

An analysis of curative care expenditure for Parkinson's disease under different comorbidity conditions: an empirical study based on China

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CONCLUSIONS: The CCE for PD is high, and individuals and families are the main bearers of health expenditures. It is recommended to optimize medical insurance policies, increase outpatient insurance coverage, and gradually increase the level of insurance benefits. Furthermore, it is necessary to explore multi-party collaboration to establish a diversified and multi-level medical security system for PD.
Yuelin Zhou

Citrulline regulates macrophage metabolism and inflammation to counter aging in mice

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Metabolic dysregulation and altered metabolite concentrations are widely recognized as key characteristics of aging. Comprehensive exploration of endogenous metabolites that drive aging remains insufficient. Here, we conducted an untargeted metabolomics analysis of aging mice, revealing citrulline as a consistently down-regulated metabolite associated with aging. Systematic investigations demonstrated that citrulline exhibited antiaging effects by reducing cellular senescence, protecting against...
Zhangdan Xie

Lifestyles and their relative contribution to biological aging across multiple-organ systems: Change analysis from the China Multi-Ethnic Cohort study

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CONCLUSIONS: Healthy lifestyle changes were inversely related to comprehensive and organ-specific biological aging in Southwest China, with diet and smoking contributing most to comprehensive and metabolic BA separately. Our findings highlight the potential of lifestyle interventions to decelerate aging and identify intervention targets to limit organ-specific aging in less-developed regions.
Yuan Zhang

An explainable machine learning-based prediction model for sarcopenia in elderly Chinese people with knee osteoarthritis

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CONCLUSION: From the perspective of public health and aging, this study constructed an interpretable sarcopenia risk prediction model on the basis of routine clinical data. This model can be used for early screening and risk assessment of symptomatic KOA patients, assisting health departments and clinicians in the early detection and follow-up of relevant populations, thereby improving the quality of life and health outcomes of elderly individuals.
Ziyan Wang

Aged regulatory T cells fail to control autoimmune lacrimal gland pathogenic CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells

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CD25KO mice are a model of Sjögren disease. CD25KO mice have severe inflammation and infiltrating lymphocytes to the lacrimal glands (LG). Whether the pathogenicity of CD25KO CD4^(+) T cells can be controlled in vivo by Tregs is unknown. Eight-week-old B6 and CD25KO mice LGs were submitted for RNA bulk sequencing. A total of 3481 genes were differentially expressed in CD25KO LG compared to B6. Tear washing analysis identified CD25KO mice had elevated protein levels of TNF, IFN-γ, and CCL5 and...
Kaitlin K Scholand
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