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Epigenetics of Aging and Longevity provides an in-depth analysis of the epigenetic nature of aging and the role of epigenetic factors in mediating the link between early-lif… Read more
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Epigenetics of Aging and Longevity provides an in-depth analysis of the epigenetic nature of aging and the role of epigenetic factors in mediating the link between early-life experiences and life-course health and aging. Chapters from leading international contributors explore the effect of adverse conditions in early-life that may result in disrupted epigenetic pathways, as well as the potential to correct these disrupted pathways via targeted therapeutic interventions. Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance, epigenetic drug discovery, and the role of epigenetic mechanisms in regulating specific age-associated illnesses—including cancer and cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurodegenerative diseases—are explored in detail.
This book will help researchers in genomic medicine, epigenetics, and biogerontology better understand the epigenetic determinants of aging and longevity, and ultimately aid in developing therapeutics to extend the human life-span and treat age-related disease.
Section I: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Aging
1. Aging epigenetics: changes and challenges
Duygu Ucar and Bérénice A. Benayoun
2. Defective DNA methylation/demethylation processes define aging-dependent methylation patterns
Michele Zampieri, Fabio Ciccarone, Paola Caiafa
3. S-adenosylmethionine Metabolism and Aging
W.A.M. Loenen
4. The Epigenetic Clock and Ageing
Ken Raj
5. The Epigenetic Regulation of Telomere Maintenance in Aging
Huda Adwan-Shekhidem and Gil Atzmon
6. Living Long and Ageing Well: Are Lifestyle factors the Epigenetic link in the Longevity Phenotype?
Irene Maeve Rea and Ken I Mills; ACUME2 project
7. Epigenetic Biomarkers for Biological Age
Arnold B. Mitnitski
8. The Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Genome Stability and Aging
Igor Kovalchuk
9. Intra-tissue DNA methylation heterogeneity in aging
Jan Vijg, Silvia Gravina, Xiao Dong
Section II. Early-life Epigenetic Programming of Aging Trajectories
10. Early Life Nutrition, Epigenetics and Altered Energy Balance Later in Life
Clare M Reynolds, Justin M O’Sullivan, Stephanie A Segovia, Mark H Vickers
11. Early Nutrition, Epigenetics and Human Health
Simon C. Langley-Evans and Beverly S. Muhlhausler
12. Biological Embedding of Psychosocial Stress over the Life Course
Helen Eachus and Vincent T. Cunliffe
13. Epigenetics of longevity in social insects
Alexander M. Vaiserman, Oleh V. Lushchak and Alexander K. Koliada
Section III. Epigenetics of Aging-Associated Diseases
14. Drosophila melanogaster as a Model for Studying the Epigenetic Basis of Aging
Ilya Solovyov, Mikhail Shaposhnikov, Anna Kudryavtseva, Alexey Moskalev
15. Histone modification changes during aging: Cause or Consequence? - What we have learned about epigenetic regulation of aging from model organisms
Xiaohua Cao and Weiwei Dang
16. Epigenetics of brain/cognitive aging
Xiangru Xu
17. The role of epigenetic modifications in cardiometabolic diseases
Kim V.E. Braun, Eliana Portilla, Rajiv Chowdhury, Jana Nano, Jenna Troup, Trudy Voortman, Oscar H. Franco, Taulant Muka
18. Epigenetic mechanisms in osteoporosis
Barbara Ostanek, Tilen Kranjc, Nika Lovšin, Janja Zupan, Janja Marc
19. Epigenetics of Skeletal Muscle Aging
Adam P. Sharples, Robert A. Seaborne and Claire E. Stewart
Section IV. Epigenome-targeted Therapies in Gerocscience
20. Healthy Aging and Epigenetic Drugs for Diabetes and Obesity: A Novel Perspective
Sunitha Meruvu, John D. Bowman, Mahua Choudhury
21. Epigenetic Drugs for Cancer and Precision Medicine
Mukesh Verma and Vineet Kumar
22. Epigenetic Drug Discovery for Alzheimer’s Disease
Ramón Cacabelos, Oscar Teijido
Section V. Conclusions and Perspectives
23. Epigenetics of aging and longevity: challenges and future directions
Axel Schumacher
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