增生性Cockayne综合征中加速衰老的表观遗传学特征

Clément Crochemore1,2,3, Claudia Chica4, Paolo Garagnani5,6

  • 1Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Molecular Mechanisms of Pathological and Physiological Ageing Unit, UMR3738 CNRS, Paris, France.

Aging cell
|September 9, 2023
PubMed
概括

考凯恩综合征 (CS) 呈现了加速衰老的表观遗传学特征,与紫外线敏感综合征 (UVSS) 不同. 这种特定于CS的DNA甲基化模式涉及与发育,神经传递和衰老相关的基因,揭示了前类表型的潜在原因.

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