[HTML][HTML] Aging hallmarks and the role of oxidative stress

E Maldonado, S Morales-Pison, F Urbina, A Solari - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aging is a complex biological process accompanied by a progressive decline in the physical
function of the organism and an increased risk of age-related chronic diseases such as …

Facing up to the global challenges of ageing

L Partridge, J Deelen, PE Slagboom - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Longer human lives have led to a global burden of late-life disease. However, some older
people experience little ill health, a trait that should be extended to the general population …

[HTML][HTML] Age and age-related diseases: role of inflammation triggers and cytokines

IM Rea, DS Gibson, V McGilligan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cytokine dysregulation is believed to play a key role in the remodeling of the immune
system at older age, with evidence pointing to an inability to fine-control systemic …

[HTML][HTML] APOE2: protective mechanism and therapeutic implications for Alzheimer's disease

Z Li, F Shue, N Zhao, M Shinohara, G Bu - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Investigations of apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, the major genetic risk modifier for
Alzheimer's disease (AD), have yielded significant insights into the pathogenic mechanism …

The genetics of human ageing

D Melzer, LC Pilling, L Ferrucci - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The past two centuries have witnessed an unprecedented rise in human life expectancy.
Sustaining longer lives with reduced periods of disability will require an understanding of the …

Identification of context-dependent expression quantitative trait loci in whole blood

DV Zhernakova, P Deelen, M Vermaat, M Van Iterson… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Genetic risk factors often localize to noncoding regions of the genome with unknown effects
on disease etiology,. Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) help to explain the regulatory …

Disease variants alter transcription factor levels and methylation of their binding sites

MJ Bonder, R Luijk, DV Zhernakova, M Moed… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Most disease-associated genetic variants are noncoding, making it challenging to design
experiments to understand their functional consequences,. Identification of expression …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes

J Deelen, DS Evans, DE Arking, N Tesi… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Human longevity is heritable, but genome-wide association (GWA) studies have had limited
success. Here, we perform two meta-analyses of GWA studies of a rigorous longevity …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics of 1 million parent lifespans implicates novel pathways and common diseases and distinguishes survival chances

PRHJ Timmers, N Mounier, K Lall, K Fischer, Z Ning… - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
We use a genome-wide association of 1 million parental lifespans of genotyped subjects
and data on mortality risk factors to validate previously unreplicated findings near CDKN2B …

[HTML][HTML] The genetics of aging: a vertebrate perspective

PP Singh, BA Demmitt, RD Nath, A Brunet - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Aging negatively impacts vitality and health. Many genetic pathways that regulate aging
were discovered in invertebrates. However, the genetics of aging is more complex in …