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Sex-Specific Gene Expression and Life Span Regulation

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Tower, John·2017·Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism

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Aging-related diseases show a marked sex bias. For example, women live longer than men yet have more Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis, whereas men have more cancer and Parkinson's disease. Understanding the role of sex will be important in designing interventions and in understanding basic aging mechanisms. Aging also shows sex differences in model organisms. Dietary restriction (DR), reduced insulin/IGF1-like signaling (IIS), and reduced TOR signaling each increase life span preferentially in females in both flies and mice. Maternal transmission of mitochondria to offspring may lead to greater control over mitochondrial functions in females, including greater life span and a larger response to diet. Consistent with this idea, males show greater loss of mitochondrial gene expression with age.

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Authors
Tower, J.
Affiliations
University of Southern California (US)
Corresponding author
Tower, John
Venue
Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-10
Volume
28
Issue
10
Pages
735-747
ISSN
1043-2760 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2741213675
Cited by
118
References
85
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 1
FWCI
1.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Department of Health and Human Services (AG011833, R56AG049629)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Keywords
sex differences, aging, lifespan regulation, sex-specific gene expression, age-related diseases, dietary restriction, insulin/IGF-1 signaling, TOR signaling, maternal inheritance, mitochondrial gene expression
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Diptera, Female, Humans, Longevity, Male, Sex Characteristics, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression, Mice

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