Article
The Aging Epigenome.
Molecular cell - 2 Jun 2016
Booth Lauren N, Brunet Anne
Abstract excerpt
During aging, the mechanisms that normally maintain health and stress resistance strikingly decline, resulting in decrepitude, frailty, and ultimately death. Exactly when and how this decline occurs is unknown. Changes in transcriptional networks and chromatin state lie at the heart of age-dependent decline. These epigenomic changes are not only observed during aging but also profoundly affect cellular function...
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