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Social isolation and loneliness are increasingly recognized as detrimental risk factors for brain health. Here, utilizing data from 383,421 participants in the UK Biobank, we identify significant associations between social isolation, loneliness, and the incidence of 11 neurological and psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, multiple...

ObjectivesObesity is common among older Black adults, but its underlying drivers, such as neighborhood racial composition (NRC), remain understudied. This study examined the association between NRC and obesity among older Black adults, evaluating the role of individual-level socioeconomic status (SES).MethodsData from the Nashville Stress and Health Study was linked to five-year estimates from the American Community Survey. Obesity was defined as body mass index ≥30 kg/m². NRC was measured with...

Chronological age predicts cancer survival but does not capture differences in biological aging rates. We apply FaceAge, an artificial intelligence algorithm that predicts biological age from a facial photograph, to serial clinical facial photographs to calculate the Face Aging Rate (FAR; change in FaceAge divided by the time between photographs). We analyze data from 2276 cancer patients receiving radiation therapy, using photographs captured during routine care. Higher FAR is associated with...

Reproductive aging is an increasing health concern that affects family planning and overall well-being. While extensively studied in females, the mechanisms driving male reproductive aging remain largely unexamined. Here, we found that mammalian Sirtuin 7 sustains spermatogenesis in an age-dependent manner. Sirtuin 7 deficiency in mice increases histone H3 lysine 36 acetylation in spermatogonia and spermatocytes, a pattern also observed during natural aging, and leads to altered chromatin...

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Musculoskeletal pain and mobility disability are common in older adults, but relationships among pain parameters and physical performance are poorly understood. We quantified the impact of different pain measures-recalled and movement-evoked pain-on walk and stair climb time in older adults from the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA). In SOMMA (N = 879, age = 76.3 ± 5.0 years, 59% women, 84% non-Hispanic White), participants completed usual pace 400-m walk (avg = 6.6 ± 1.2 min) and...

Ageing-related diseases (ARDs) display diverse phenotypes yet share an age-dependent rise in incidence, suggesting mechanistic links with ageing processes. We examined whether ageing-related genes differ systematically from genes associated with multiple ARD clusters. Across 57 ARDs from UK Biobank, network analyses showed that ageing-related genes, although rarely ARD-associated, lie significantly closer to many ARDs through greater-than-chance proximity in protein-protein interaction (PPI) and...

T cell immunosenescence refers to the progressive functional decline of T lymphocytes with aging, characterized by the phenotypic markers, mitochondrial dysfunction, and the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), representing a pivotal aspect of overall immune aging. This review systematically elucidates the critical role of T cell immunosenescence in the pathogenesis of common inflammatory skin diseases, including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, rosacea, and seborrheic dermatitis....

Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) was initially identified as an enzyme that deacetylates histones and suppresses gene activity. Since then, its roles have expanded considerably, and it is now recognized as a multifunctional protein conserved across various organisms. Despite increasing interest, it remains essential to clarify how exercise-induced changes in SIRT1 counteract multiple hallmarks of aging, as well as the full scope of SIRT1's impact on different physiological systems. This review highlights...

Stress response pathways are emerging as conserved modulators of lifespan. The prevailing hypothesis is that activation of stress-responsive pathways, including the amino acid deprivation arm of the integrated stress response (ISR; the GCN2-ATF4 pathway), is prolongevity. Activation of ATF4 orthologs extends lifespan in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Caenorhabditis elegans, but its role in other longer-lived organisms remains unclear. We comprehensively tested the role of the GCN2-ATF4 pathway in...