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Epigenetics and aging: the targets and the marks
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'Aging epigenetics' is an emerging field that promises exciting revelations in the near future. Here we focus on the functional and biological significance of the epigenetic alterations that accumulate during aging and are important in tumorigenesis. Paradigmatic examples are provided by the global loss of DNA methylation in aging and cancer and by the promoter hypermethylation of genes with a dual role in tumor suppression and progeria, such as the Werner syndrome (WRN) and lamin A/C genes. Another twist is provided by sirtuins, a family of NAD-dependent deacetylases that act on Lys16 of histone H4, which are emerging as a link between cellular transformation and lifespan.
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“Increased histone H4K16 acetylation, H4K20 trimethylation or H3K4 trimethylation, as well as decreased H3K9 methylation or H3K27 trimethylation, constitute age-associated epigenetic marks (Fraga and Esteller, 2007; Han and Brunet, 2012).”
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- Authors
- Fraga, M. F., & Esteller, M.
- Affiliations
- Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Esteller, Manel
- Venue
- Trends in Genetics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-08
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 413-418
- ISSN
- 0168-9525 (ISSN-L)
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- W1990916340
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- FWCI
- 3.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Trends in Genetics (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Keywords
- DNA methylation loss, promoter hypermethylation, tumor suppression genes, Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, Werner syndrome, lamin A/C, sirtuins, cell transformation, lifespan, carcinogenesis
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Histones, Humans, Models, Biological, Cellular Senescence, DNA Methylation, Gene Silencing, Epigenesis, Genetic
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