2020
Reprogramming to recover youthful epigenetic information and restore vision
Lu Y, Brommer B, Tian X, Krishnan A, Meer M, Wang C, Vera DL, Zeng Q, Yu D, Bonkowski MS, Yang JH, Zhou S, Hoffmann EM, Karg MM, Schultz MB, Kane AE, Davidsohn N, Korobkina E, Chwalek K, Rajman LA, Church GM, Hochedlinger K, Gladyshev VN, Horvath S, Levine ME, Gregory-Ksander MS, Ksander BR, He Z, Sinclair DA. Reprogramming to recover youthful epigenetic information and restore vision. Nature 2020, 588: 124-129. PMID: 33268865, PMCID: PMC7752134, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2975-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAnimalsAxonsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCellular ReprogrammingDependovirusDioxygenasesDisease Models, AnimalDNA MethylationDNA-Binding ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticEyeFemaleGenetic VectorsGlaucomaHumansKruppel-Like Factor 4Kruppel-Like Transcription FactorsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve RegenerationOctamer Transcription Factor-3Optic Nerve InjuriesProto-Oncogene ProteinsRetinal Ganglion CellsSOXB1 Transcription FactorsTranscriptomeVision, OcularConceptsDNA methylation patternsMethylation patternsTissue functionCentral nervous systemGene expression patternsCause of agingEpigenetic noiseEpigenetic informationDNA methylationEctopic expressionExpression patternsKLF4 geneMouse retinal ganglion cellsMammalian tissuesRetinal ganglion cellsAged miceGanglion cellsVision lossTissue dysfunctionMouse modelCNS tissueAxon regenerationNervous systemDegenerative processOlder individualsMouse brain transcriptome responses to inhaled nanoparticulate matter differed by sex and APOE in Nrf2-Nfkb interactions
Haghani A, Cacciottolo M, Doty KR, D'Agostino C, Thorwald M, Safi N, Levine ME, Sioutas C, Town TC, Forman HJ, Zhang H, Morgan TE, Finch CE. Mouse brain transcriptome responses to inhaled nanoparticulate matter differed by sex and APOE in Nrf2-Nfkb interactions. ELife 2020, 9: e54822. PMID: 32579111, PMCID: PMC7314548, DOI: 10.7554/elife.54822.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Loneliness, eudaimonia, and the human conserved transcriptional response to adversity
Cole SW, Levine ME, Arevalo JM, Ma J, Weir DR, Crimmins EM. Loneliness, eudaimonia, and the human conserved transcriptional response to adversity. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2015, 62: 11-17. PMID: 26246388, PMCID: PMC4637182, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsBehavioral health risk factorsCommunity-dwelling older adultsPeripheral blood samplesPro-inflammatory genesHealth risk factorsSocial isolationMixed effect linear model analysesChronic social adversityCTRA gene expressionStrength of associationGene expressionPsychological resilience factorsResilience factorsAdversity factorsBlood samplesIncreased expressionMeasures of lonelinessOlder adultsSocial adversityAnxiety symptomsUS HealthLinear model analysisRetirement StudyHealth risks