积极和消极的社会经验与表观遗传衰老之间的关联
Holly G Prigerson1,2, David Russell3, Paul K Maciejewski4,5
1Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 420 East 70Th Street, Lasdon House, Suite 4B, Room 423, New York City, NY, 10021, USA. hgp2001@med.cornell.edu.
Scientific reports
|July 2, 2025
概括
积极的社会体验,比如婚姻,会减缓表观遗传衰老,而负面的社会体验,比如父母的药物问题,会加快衰老. 社会体验的净正比与年轻的表观遗传衰老有关.
科学领域:
- 生物医学科学 生物医学科学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 社会流行病学 社会流行病学
背景情况:
- 表观遗传衰老,生物年龄的衡量标准,受到各种因素的影响.
- 社会经验对表观遗传衰老的影响仍然不完全理解.
- 了解这些关联可以为健康衰老的干预提供信息.
研究的目的:
- 调查积极和消极的社会经验和表观遗传衰老之间的关系.
- 确定社会经验是否独立地预测表观遗传衰老.
- 评估社会经验的净平衡对生物年龄的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自美国中年期 (MIDUS) 研究的数据,这是一项基于美国人口的纵向队列.
- 评估自我报告的积极 (例如,婚姻,社交聚会) 和消极 (例如,父母的毒品问题,监禁) 的社会经历.
- 使用DNA甲基化数据和GrimAge和DunedinPACE表观遗传钟来测量表观遗传衰老.
主要成果:
- 积极的社会经历,如婚姻和社交会议,与表观遗传衰老减缓有关 (年轻的GrimAge分数).
- 负面的社会经历,包括父母的药物问题,放学和监禁,与加速表观遗传衰老 (较老的表观遗传年龄) 有关.
- 与净负比相比,具有社会经验净正比的个体的表观遗传年龄明显较小.
结论:
- 积极和消极的社会经历都与表观遗传衰老独立相关.
- 积极的社会经历会减缓表观遗传衰老,而消极的经历会加速衰老.
- 社会经验的平衡显著影响生物衰老,独立于感知到的社会支持和自我评估的健康.
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