Aging & Longevity

Utility of biological aging acceleration in capturing transitions of atrial fibrillation and dementia: a population-based study

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The biological aging acceleration predicts both morbidity and mortality, while few investigations have examined its utility in evaluating transitions, e.g. development patterns, of atrial fibrillation (AF) and dementia. We aimed to investigate the utility of biological aging acceleration in predicting transitions of AF and dementia. A total of 402,955 participants (mean [SD] age: 56.5 [8.1] years; men: 45.9%) in the UK Biobank were included. Biological age was calculated using the phenotypic...
Yufan Liu

EpiClock; biological age measurement from blood DNA methylation using a minimal CpG marker set for high-throughput iPlex mass spectrometry assay for screening in drug development and population health

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Measuring biological aging-the underlying rate of physiological decline-has become increasingly important in predicting disease risk, guiding personalized health strategies, and advancing age-targeted therapeutics. Unlike chronological age, biological age provides a more accurate reflection of an individual's functional health and longevity potential. DNA methylation-based epigenetic clocks are established tools for estimating biological age, but existing assays often require hundreds to...
Hyojung Kim

mTOR dysregulation induces IL-6 and paracrine AT2 cell senescence impeding lung repair in lymphangioleiomyomatosis

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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease of women in which TSC2 deficient 'LAM cells' with dysregulated mTOR signalling and recruited fibroblasts form nodules causing lung cysts and respiratory failure. We examine if mTOR dysregulation can induce senescence and impair the response to lung injury in LAM. The senescence markers p21, p16 and the SenMayo gene set are increased in LAM lungs and colocalise with alveolar type 2 cells. LAM models induce mTOR dependent senescence in alveolar type...
Roya Babaei-Jadidi

Timing and duration of calorie restriction determine its impact on ovarian aging in female mice

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This study investigated how the timing and duration of 30% caloric restriction (CR) affect ovarian aging in mice. Mice were assigned to one of four groups: ad libitum (AL) control, long-term CR (3-11 months; CR/CR), early short-term CR (3-7 months; CR/AL), and late short-term CR (7-11 months; AL/CR). Long-term CR reduced body mass, improved insulin sensitivity, preserved the ovarian primordial follicle reserve, and attenuated ovarian macrophage infiltration compared to AL-fed mice. Metabolic...
Juliane B Prosczek

The dissipation theory of aging: a quantitative analysis using a cellular aging map

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We propose a new theory for aging based on dynamical systems and provide a data-driven computational method to quantify the changes at the cellular level. We use ergodic theory to decompose the dynamics of changes during aging and show that aging is fundamentally a dissipative process within biological systems, akin to dynamical systems where dissipation occurs due to non-conservative forces. To quantify the dissipation dynamics, we employ a transformer-based machine learning algorithm to...
Farhan Khodaee

Remote monitoring system for older adults at risk for complications: a scoping review

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CONCLUSION: This review outlines multiple RMSs used for elderly individuals at risk for complications. Although the effectiveness of RMSs may depend on the content and level of responsiveness, our review underscores the necessity for further empirical research into telemonitoring interventions to fully understand their impact on elderly health outcomes and healthcare systems resources.
Israa Salma

Comparative analysis of human and mouse ovaries across age

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The mouse is a tractable model for human ovarian biology, however its utility is limited by incomplete understanding of how transcription and signaling differ interspecifically and with age. We compared ovaries between species using three-dimensional imaging, single-cell transcriptomics, and functional studies. In mice, we mapped declining follicle numbers and oocyte competence during aging; in human ovaries, we identified cortical follicle pockets and decreases in density. Oocytes had...
Eliza A Gaylord

A cGAS-mediated mechanism in naked mole-rats potentiates DNA repair and delays aging

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Efficient DNA repair might make possible the longevity of naked mole-rats. However, whether they have distinctive mechanisms to optimize functions of DNA repair suppressors is unclear. We find that naked mole-rat cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate synthase (cGAS) lacks the suppressive function of human or mouse homologs in homologous recombination repair through the alteration of four amino acids during evolution. The changes enable cGAS to retain chromatin longer upon DNA...
Yu Chen

KAT5-mediated acetylation of PC4 facilitates DNA repair by promoting chromatin reorganization

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Human positive coactivator 4 (PC4) is a highly abundant non-histone chromatin protein involved in diverse cellular processes, including transcription regulation, genome organization, autophagy, B-cell differentiation, neurogenesis, DNA repair, etc. Most PC4 is phosphorylated in cells, which interacts with core histones and the linker histone H1 to confer the compact heterochromatin state of the genome. Knocking down PC4 at both cellular and organismal levels leads to significant chromatin...
Aayushi Agrawal

HSPA12B Protects Against Age-Related Endothelial Cell Senescence by Regulating STING Degradation

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Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with aging as a major risk factor. Endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction, driven by cellular senescence, is central to age-related cardiomyopathy. Despite its clinical significance, the molecular mechanisms underlying endothelial senescence remain incompletely defined. In this study, we observed that the expression of the endothelial-specific gene heat shock protein family A member 12B (HSPA12B) declines significantly with age....
Tingting Li

Quantitative analysis of serum metabolites in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease

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CONCLUSION: The most significant differences between OXYS and Wistar blood metabolomes were found for 20-day-old animals, which corresponds to the preclinical period of AD development in humans. Metabolomic changes observed in the brain and blood are different and often opposite in sign. Blood serum is potentially promising fluid for AD diagnosis.
Anton A Smolentsev

Development and validation of a prognostic scoring system for cognitive decline in adults aged 50 and older in China

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CONCLUSION: The developed prognostic scoring system provides a practical tool for predicting cognitive decline among adults aged 50 and older in Shanghai, China. The moderate discriminatory power and good calibration suggest that the model can effectively guide early interventions. Future research should validate the model in diverse populations and explore additional risk factors to enhance its predictive accuracy.
Ningjie Zhang

Age-Associated Inflammatory Monocytes Are Increased in Menopausal Females and Reversed by Hormone Replacement Therapy

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Biological sex is a crucial, but poorly understood variable in age-related susceptibility to infection. Monocytes are important immune cells responsible for initiating and resolving inflammatory responses to infection. While changes in monocyte populations result in increased susceptibility to infection, there is limited research on the impact of age and sex on human monocyte phenotype and function. The aim of this work was to dissect the impact of increasing age and biological sex on human...
R P H De Maeyer

Apraxic deficits in Alzheimer's disease are associated with altered dynamic connectivity in praxis-related networks

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Apraxia is a common symptom in Alzheimer's disease (AD) that reduces autonomy and quality of life. However, the neural basis underlying apraxia in AD, for example, reflected by functional connectivity (FC) alterations, remains unexplored. We investigated static and dynamic FC using resting-state functional imaging in 14 patients with biomarker-confirmed AD pathology and 14 matched healthy participants. FC was estimated as average (static) and short-term (dynamic) connectivity strengths between...
Taylan D Kuzu
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