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Chen H, Ye KX, Feng Q, Cao K, Yu J, Li C, Zhang C, Yu L, Maier AB, Langa KM, Qiu C, Zeng Y, Feng L. Trends in the prevalence of cognitive impairment at old age in China, 2002-2018. Alzheimers Dement 2024; 20:1387-1396. [PMID: 38009699 PMCID: PMC10917034 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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INTRODUCTION China has the world's largest number of older adults with cognitive impairment (CI). We aimed to examine secular trends in the prevalence of CI in China from 2002 to 2018. METHODS Generalized estimating equations (GEE) was used to assess changes in CI trend in 44,154 individuals (72,027 observations) aged 65 to 105 years old. RESULTS The prevalence of CI increased from 2002 to 2008 and then decreased until 2018. The age-standardized prevalence increased from 25.7% in 2002, 26.1% in 2005, to 28.2% in 2008, then decreased to 26.0% in 2011, 25.3% in 2014, and 24.9% in 2018. Females and those ≥ 80 years old had greater CI prevalence. DISCUSSION The prevalence of CI showed an inverted U shape from early 2000s to late 2010s with a peak in 2008. Follow-up studies are needed to confirm the decreasing trend after 2008 and examine the contributing factors and underlying mechanisms of this trend. HIGHLIGHTS Generalized estimating equations (GEE) were used to assess trends of changes in cognitive impairment (CI). CI prevalence in China increased from 2002 to 2008 and then decreased until 2018. Females and those ≥ 80 years old had greater CI prevalence. Stroke, diabetes, and cigarette smoking were risk factors for CI.
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- Department of Psychological MedicineYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
- Centre for Healthy Longevity, @AgeSingapore, National University Health SystemSingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Sociology and AnthropologyFaculty of Arts and Social SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education) and School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Institute of Psychology and Behavioural Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of NeurologyGenetics and Aging Research Unit, McCance Centre for Brain Health, Massachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- School of NursingWeifang Medical UniversityWeifangChina
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education) and School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of Human Movement Sciences, @AgeAmsterdamVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement SciencesAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Department of Medicine and Aged Care, @AgeMelbourneThe Royal Melbourne HospitalThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Internal MedicineUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA
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- Aging Research CentreDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and SocietyKarolinska Institutet‐Stockholm UniversitySolnaSweden
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- Centre for Healthy Aging and Development StudiesNational School of DevelopmentPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Centre for the Study of Aging and Human Development and Geriatrics DivisionSchool of MedicineDuke UniversityDurhamNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Psychological MedicineYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
- Centre for Healthy Longevity, @AgeSingapore, National University Health SystemSingaporeSingapore
- Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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Ma YH, Chen HS, Liu C, Feng QS, Feng L, Zhang YR, Hu H, Dong Q, Tan L, Kan HD, Zhang C, Suckling J, Zeng Y, Chen RJ, Yu JT. Association of Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution With Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Amyloidosis. Biol Psychiatry 2022; 93:780-789. [PMID: 35953319 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND Air pollution induces neurotoxic reactions and may exert adverse effects on cognitive health. We aimed to investigate whether air pollutants accelerate cognitive decline and affect neurobiological signatures of Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS We used a population-based cohort from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey with 31,573 participants and a 10-year follow-up (5878 cognitively unimpaired individuals in Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey followed for 5.95 ± 2.87 years), and biomarker-based data from the Chinese Alzheimer's Biomarker and Lifestyle study including 1131 participants who underwent cerebrospinal fluid measurements of AD-related amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau proteins. Cognitive impairment was determined by education-corrected performance on the China-Modified Mini-Mental State Examination. Annual exposures to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), ground-level ozone (O3), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were estimated at areas of residence. Exposures were aggregated as 2-year averages preceding enrollments using Cox proportional hazards or linear models. RESULTS Long-term exposure to PM2.5 (per 20 μg/m3) increased the risk of cognitive impairment (hazard ratio, 1.100; 95% CI: 1.026-1.180), and similar associations were observed from separate cross-sectional analyses. Exposures to O3 and NO2 yielded elevated risk but with nonsignificant estimates. Individuals exposed to high PM2.5 manifested increased amyloid burdens as reflected by cerebrospinal fluid-AD biomarkers. Moreover, PM2.5 exposure-associated decline in global cognition was partly explained by amyloid pathology as measured by cerebrospinal fluid-Aβ42/Aβ40, P-tau/Aβ42, and T-tau/Aβ42, with mediation proportions ranging from 16.95% to 21.64%. CONCLUSIONS Long-term exposure to PM2.5 contributed to the development of cognitive decline, which may be partly explained by brain amyloid accumulation indicative of increased AD risk.
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- Ya-Hui Ma
- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Business, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychological Medicine and Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Centre for Healthy Longevity, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Genetics and Aging Research Unit, McCance Center for Brain Health, Mass General Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Medical School of Duke University, Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, National School of Development, Raissun Institute for Advanced Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Li W, Yue L, Xiao S. Prospective Associations of Tea Consumption With Risk of Cognitive Decline in the Elderly: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study in China. Front Nutr 2022; 9:752833. [PMID: 35265653 PMCID: PMC8899511 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.752833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Previous studies show that the consumption of tea is associated with several beneficial outcomes for brain health, but there is little data among the elderly in China. Objective The objective was to explore the longitudinal relationship between tea consumption and the risk of cognitive decline. Methods The current data was obtained from the China Longitudinal Aging Study (CLAS), and a total of 3,246 residents aged 60 years and above were recruited in this study. Some of them (N = 111) underwent a standard T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), from which the volumes of the corpus callosum (CC) and hippocampus were calculated, and detailed tea consumption information was obtained through a standardized questionnaire at baseline. The cognitive diagnosis of each participant was made by attending psychiatrists at baseline and follow-up. Their overall cognitive function was assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), while their associative learning ability was assessed by an associative learning test (ALT). Finally, 1,545 elderly with normal cognitive function completed the baseline and follow-up assessment and were included in the final study. Results After controlling gender, education, smoking, take exercise and hobbies, we found that the elderly with tea consumption habits had a lower incidence rate of cognitive decline (p = 0.002, OR = 0.604, 95%CI:0.437~0.836) and tea consumption was negatively correlated with the change scores of MoCA (r = -0.056, p = 0.029). What's more, the CC_posterior volume of tea drinkers was significantly smaller than that of non-tea drinkers, while the baseline ALT score of tea drinkers was significantly higher than that of non-tea drinkers. The results of correlation analysis showed that the CC_posterior volume was significantly correlated with ALT change score (r = -0.319, p = 0.010). Conclusions The habit of tea consumption is associated with less incidence of cognitive impairment among the Chinese elderly, and it may prevent a decline in memory and associative learning by affecting the volume of the posterior corpus callosum.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Hu HY, Ma LZ, Hu H, Bi YL, Ma YH, Shen XN, Ou YN, Dong Q, Tan L, Yu JT. Associations of Sleep Characteristics with Cerebrospinal Fluid sTREM2 in Cognitively Normal Older Adults: the CABLE Study. Neurotox Res 2021; 39:1372-1380. [PMID: 34097185 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-021-00383-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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As brain insults, sleep disorders could enhance microglial activation and aggravate neuroinflammation. Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) serves as a readout for TREM2-associated microglial responses. We aimed to study the association of sleep characteristics with CSF sTREM2 in cognitively normal (CN) older adults. Linear and non-linear regression analyses were conducted in 830 participants with measurements of sleep characteristics and CSF sTREM2, after adjusting for age, sex, education, the Chinese-Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (CM-MMSE) scores, and APOE4 status. These analyses were also performed in amyloid-negative (A -) and amyloid-positive (A +) individuals. Linear relationships between sleep characteristics and CSF sTREM2 were found. In all the participants, sleep efficiency score in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (p = 0.037) showed a positive linear association with CSF sTREM2. In A + individuals, the grade of PSQI total score (p = 0.011) as well as subjective sleep quality score (p = 0.048) and sleep efficiency score (p < 0.001) in PSQI were positively associated with CSF sTREM2. Besides, several U-shaped relationships were revealed of sleep-time measures, such as insufficient or excessive nocturnal sleep duration, with CSF sTREM2 in A + individuals (the optimal model: bedtime 22:21 p.m., time to fall asleep 22:52 p.m., nocturnal sleep duration 7.36 h). In A - individuals, the above relationships were not found. Poor self-reported sleep characteristics and sleep indicators were associated with higher CSF sTREM2, suggesting that sleep might play an important role in the regulation of TREM2-associated microglial activity.
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- He-Ying Hu
- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Yao Y, Liu L, Guo G, Zeng Y, Ji JS. Interaction of Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) candidate longevity gene and particulate matter (PM2.5) on all-cause mortality: a longitudinal cohort study in China. Environ Health 2021; 20:25. [PMID: 33715628 PMCID: PMC7958462 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-021-00718-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND The SIRT1 gene was associated with the lifespan in several organisms through inflammatory and oxidative stress pathways. Long-term air particulate matter (PM) is detrimental to health through the same pathways. METHODS We used the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) to investigate whether there is a gene-environment (G × E) interaction of SIRT1 and air pollution on mortality in an older cohort in China. Among 7083 participants with a mean age of 81.1 years, we genotyped nine SIRT1 alleles for each participant and assessed PM2.5 concentration using 3-year average concentrations around each participant's residence. We used Cox-proportional hazards models to estimate the independent and joint effects of SIRT1 polymorphisms and PM2.5 exposure on all-cause mortality, adjusting for a set of confounders. RESULTS There were 2843 deaths over 42,852 person-years. The mortality hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2·5 was 1.08 (1.05-1.11); for SIRT1_391 was 0.77 (0.61, 0.98) in the recessive model after adjustment. In stratified analyses, participants carrying two SIRT1_391 minor alleles had a significantly higher HR for each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 than those carrying zero minor alleles (1.323 (95% CI: 1.088, 1.610) vs. 1.062 (1.028, 1.096) p for interaction = 0.03). Moreover, the interaction of SIRT1 and air pollution on mortality is significant among women but not among men. We did not see significant relationships for SIRT1_366, SIRT1_773, and SIRT1_720. CONCLUSION We found a gene-environment interaction of SIRT1 and air pollution on mortality, future experimental studies are warranted to depict the mechanism observed in this study.
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- Yao Yao
- Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, 22 Address: No. 8 Duke Avenue, Kunshan, 215316 Jiangsu China
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- Department of Sociology, Carolina Population Center, and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke Medical School, Durham, NC USA
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- Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, 22 Address: No. 8 Duke Avenue, Kunshan, 215316 Jiangsu China
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC USA
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Zhu Y, Liang Y, Khan AH, Dong M, Wan Y, Sun Z, Zeng Y, Nie C, Tian XL. Allelic distribution of ABO gene in Chinese centenarians. Aging Med (Milton) 2020; 3:195-204. [PMID: 33103040 PMCID: PMC7574633 DOI: 10.1002/agm2.12122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Objective Human ABO blood groups are determined by the alleles A, B, and O (O01 and O02) of the ABO gene and have been linked to the risks for cardiovascular diseases and cancers that affect lifespan. We examined the genetic associations of the ABO gene and blood groups with longevity. Methods We inspected the frequencies of the A, B, O, and O02 alleles in a large Chinese centenarian population (n = 2201) and in middle‐aged controls (n = 2330). The single nucleotide polymorphisms were selected as allele A (rs507666), B (rs8176743, rs8176746, and rs8176749), O (rs687289), and O02 (rs688976, rs549446, and rs512770). Results Supported by allelic and genotypic association studies, the frequencies of blood types A, B, O, and AB in centenarian versus control participants were not statistically different: 0.2821 versus 0.2781 (χ2 = 0.09, P = 0.76), 0.2867 versus 0.3060 (χ2 = 2.03, P = 0.15), 0.3380 versus 0.3159 (χ2 = 2.52, P = 0.11), and 0.0859 versus 0.0910 (χ2 = 0.37, P = 0.54), respectively. Sex had little effect on these distributions. Conclusion Integrated with other previous reports, we conclude from this large Chinese cohort that genetic variants of the ABO gene and blood groups are not associated with longevity.
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- Ying Zhu
- Human Aging Research Institute (HARI) School of Life Science, and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Human Aging Nanchang University Nanchang China.,First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University Ganzhou China
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- Human Aging Research Institute (HARI) School of Life Science, and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Human Aging Nanchang University Nanchang China
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- Human Aging Research Institute (HARI) School of Life Science, and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Human Aging Nanchang University Nanchang China
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- Human Aging Research Institute (HARI) School of Life Science, and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Human Aging Nanchang University Nanchang China
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- Human Aging Research Institute (HARI) School of Life Science, and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Human Aging Nanchang University Nanchang China
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- Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development Medical School of Duke University Durham North Carolina USA.,Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies National School of Development Peking University Beijing China
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- BGI Shenzhen Shenzhen China.,BGI Education Center University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen China
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- Human Aging Research Institute (HARI) School of Life Science, and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Human Aging Nanchang University Nanchang China
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Residential greenness is an important environmental factor that is strongly associated with mortality. To our knowledge, there was no previous study on the gene-environment interaction analysis between residential greenness and forkhead box O (FOXO) gene, a candidate longevity gene. Our sample consisted of 3179 participants aged 65 and older from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. Residential greenness was measured by satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) using a 500-m radius around each residential location. Contemporaneous NDVI, cumulative NDVI, and changes in NDVI over time were calculated. We used Cox-proportional hazard regression models to assess the main effect and gene-environment interaction effect of FOXO single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and residential greenness on mortality. We found that participants carrying two minor alleles of the three studied FOXO3A SNPs had lower mortality risk than those without minor allele (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.803 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.654-0.987 for rs4946936, HR: 0.807 95% CI: 0.669-0.974 for rs2802292, HR: 0.803 95% CI: 0.666-0.968 for rs2253310). We found no difference in mortality among the genotypes of the other three FOXO1A SNPs (rs17630266, rs2755213, or rs2755209). Higher contemporaneous NDVI was associated with lower mortality risk (HR: 0.887 95% CI: 0.863-0.911 for 0.1-U of NDVI). The protective effect of both contemporaneous NDVI and cumulative NDVI was stronger for two minor allele carriers compared with zero minor allele carriers of the three FOXO3A SNPs. Compared with the zero minor allele genotype of the three FOXO3A SNPs, the protective effect on the mortality risk of minor allele homozygotes also increased with the increasing NDVI level at percentile 25, 50, and 75 (interaction term coefficient p < 0.05). We found gene-environment interaction between FOXO and residential greenness on mortality in this population study. A higher level of greenness may interact with FOXO pathways.
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- Linxin Liu
- Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China
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- Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China
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- School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke Medical School, Durham, North Carolina, USA.,Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China.,Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Zhou Z, Mao F, Han Y, Fu J, Fang Y. Social Engagement and Cognitive Impairment in Older Chinese Adults: The Mediating Role of Psychological Well-Being. J Aging Health 2019; 32:573-581. [PMID: 30947590 DOI: 10.1177/0898264319839594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the association between social engagement and cognitive impairment with psychological well-being (PWB) as a mediator in older Chinese adults and to further test the gender differences in this association. Method: Data were drawn from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey of older Chinese adults, aged 65 and older (N = 6,998). The total effect was decomposed into direct and indirect effects by logistic regression based on the Karlson, Holm, and Breen method. Results: Higher social engagement was significantly associated with lower odds of cognitive impairment, odds ratio (OR) = 0.89, 95% confidence interval (CI) = [0.82, 0.97]. Moreover, a better PWB would decrease the odds of cognitive impairment (OR = 0.96, 95% CI = [0.94, 0.98]). The mediating effect was 15.4% in the full sample and 13.1% in the men subsample. However, mediation was not significant in the women subsample. Discussion: Higher social engagement was associated with a decreased odds of cognitive impairment in older men, and this association was mediated by PWB.
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Khan AH, Zou Z, Xiang Y, Chen S, Tian XL. Conserved signaling pathways genetically associated with longevity across the species. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2018; 1865:1745-1755. [PMID: 31109448 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Advanced age is an independent risk factor for natural death and common diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, dementia, and cancers, which are life-threatening and cause disabilities. On the other hand, individual with healthy longevity is a plausible model for successful aging. Thus, search for longevity-associated genes and pathways likely provides a unique approach to understand the genetic mechanisms underlying aging and healthspan, and emerging evidence from model organisms has highlighted the significance of genetic components in longevity. Here we reviewed the uses of model organisms including yeast, ciliate, nematode, arthropod, fish, rodent, and primate as well as human to identify the genetic determinants of longevity and discussed the genetic contributions of conserved longevity pathways, such as adrenergic system, AMPK, insulin/IGF-1, and mTOR signaling pathways.
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- Abdul Haseeb Khan
- Human population genetics, Human Aging Research Institute (HARI), Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China; School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China
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- School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China
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- Human population genetics, Human Aging Research Institute (HARI), Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China; School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China
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- Human population genetics, Human Aging Research Institute (HARI), Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China; School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China
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- Human population genetics, Human Aging Research Institute (HARI), Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China; School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Xuefu Rd 999, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330031, China.
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OBJECTIVE To explore the association between tea consumption and cognitive impairment (CoI). METHODS 4579 adults (≥60 years) from the Weitang Geratric Diseases Study were assessed for characteristics of tea consumption and cognitive function by administering questionnaires and the Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT), respectively. We divided the subjects into normal cognitive function group (AMT score ≥8) and CoI group (AMT score ≤7). The association between tea consumption and risk of CoI was determined by logistic regression models. RESULTS The least-squared means of the AMT scores for the subjects who seldom consumed tea were less favorable than those who habitually consumed tea. An inverse association was found between tea consumption (of any type) and prevalence of CoI (odds ratio = 0.74, 95% confidence interval = 0.57-0.98, P = 0.032). Interestingly, the protective correlation of tea was more obvious in never smokers (odds ratio = 0.63), but vanished in current/former smokers (odds ratio = 1.10). In never smokers, frequency of tea consumption was significantly associated with CoI (P for trend = 0.010). CONCLUSION Habitual tea consumption is suggested to be associated with a decreased risk of CoI among elders in Suzhou, and a higher frequency of tea consumption was associated with a lower prevalence of CoI among never smokers.
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- Ying-Jie Gu
- a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China.,b School of Basic Medicine , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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- a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China.,b School of Basic Medicine , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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- b School of Basic Medicine , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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- a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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- c Health supervision institute of Xiangcheng , No.55 Yangchenghu Road, Suzhou , China
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- a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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- a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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- a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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- a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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- a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health , Medical College of Soochow University , 199 Ren Ai Road, Suzhou , China
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Aging and chronic disease development are multifactorial processes involving the cumulative effects of metabolic distress, inflammation, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dynamics. Recently, variations in the gut microbiota have been associated with age-related phenotypes and probiotics have shown promise in managing chronic disease progression. In this study, novel probiotic and synbiotic formulations are shown to combinatorially extend longevity in male Drosophila melanogaster through mechanisms of gut-brain-axis communication with implications in chronic disease management. Both the probiotic and synbiotic formulations rescued markers of metabolic stress by managing insulin resistance and energy regulatory pathways. Both formulations also ameliorated elevations in inflammation, oxidative stress and the loss of mitochondrial complex integrity. In almost all the measured pathways, the synbiotic formulation has a more robust impact than its individual components insinuating its combinatorial effect. The concomitant action of the gut microbiota on each of the key risk factors of aging and makes it a powerful therapeutic tool against neurodegeneration, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and other age-related chronic diseases.
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Pervin M, Unno K, Ohishi T, Tanabe H, Miyoshi N, Nakamura Y. Beneficial Effects of Green Tea Catechins on Neurodegenerative Diseases. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23061297. [PMID: 29843466 PMCID: PMC6099654 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23061297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tea is one of the most consumed beverages in the world. Green tea, black tea, and oolong tea are made from the same plant Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. Among them, green tea has been the most extensively studied for beneficial effects on diseases including cancer, obesity, diabetes, and inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Several human observational and intervention studies have found beneficial effects of tea consumption on neurodegenerative impairment, such as cognitive dysfunction and memory loss. These studies supported the basis of tea's preventive effects of Parkinson's disease, but few studies have revealed such effects on Alzheimer's disease. In contrast, several human studies have not reported these favorable effects with regard to tea. This discrepancy may be due to incomplete adjustment of confounding factors, including the method of quantifying consumption, beverage temperature, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and differences in genetic and environmental factors, such as race, sex, age, and lifestyle. Thus, more rigorous human studies are required to understand the neuroprotective effect of tea. A number of laboratory experiments demonstrated the benefits of green tea and green tea catechins (GTCs), such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), and proposed action mechanisms. The targets of GTCs include the abnormal accumulation of fibrous proteins, such as Aβ and α-synuclein, inflammation, elevated expression of pro-apoptotic proteins, and oxidative stress, which are associated with neuronal cell dysfunction and death in the cerebral cortex. Computational molecular docking analysis revealed how EGCG can prevent the accumulation of fibrous proteins. These findings suggest that GTCs have the potential to be used in the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and could be useful for the development of new drugs.
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- Monira Pervin
- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
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- Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0301, Japan.
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Nayoro City University, Nayoro-city, Hokkaido 096-8641, Japan.
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
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Wu C, Newman AB, Dong BR, Odden MC. Index of Healthy Aging in Chinese Older Adults: China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2018; 66:1303-1310. [PMID: 29684252 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To characterize the distribution of an index of healthy aging-the Chinese Healthy Aging Index (CHAI)-in Chinese adults aged 60 and older according to sociodemographic characteristics and geographic region and to examine the association between the CHAI and mortality, disability, and functional limitation over 4 years. DESIGN Nationally representative cohort study. SETTING China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. PARTICIPANTS Chinese adults aged 60 and older (N=3,740). MEASUREMENTS Six CHAI components (systolic blood pressure, peak expiratory flow, Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status, estimated glomerular filtration rate, fasting glucose, C-reactive protein) were scored 0 (healthiest), 1, and 2 (unhealthiest) according to sex-specific tertiles or clinically relevant cut-points and summed to construct the CHAI (range 0-12). RESULTS Mean CHAI score was 5.6; 5.7% had a score of 0 to 2 (healthiest), 23.0% a score of 3 or 4, 37.5% a score of 5 or 6, and 33.8% a score of 7 to 12 (unhealthiest). Participants who were younger, more educated, and married were much more likely to have an ideal CHAI profile (score 0-2). Age-adjusted prevalence of an ideal CHAI profile ranged from 1.7% in the south to 8.1% in the north. After multivariable adjustment, persons with a CHAI score of 3 to 12 had substantially higher odds of mortality, disability, and functional limitation than those with a score of 0 to 2. The CHAI further stratified outcomes for persons with no clinically recognizable comorbidities. CONCLUSION Substantial variation exists in the CHAI according to sociodemographic characteristics and geographic regions. The CHAI could identify Chinese elderly adults with low risk of adverse outcomes and provide incremental value for risk prediction beyond clinically diagnosed comorbidities.
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- Chenkai Wu
- Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences and Practice, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
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Zeng Y, Feng Q, Gu D, Vaupel JW. Demographics, phenotypic health characteristics and genetic analysis of centenarians in China. Mech Ageing Dev 2016; 165:86-97. [PMID: 28040447 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2016.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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After a brief introduction to the background, significance and unique features of the centenarian population in China, we describe the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study (CLHLS), which is the world's largest study of centenarians, nonagenarians, octogenarians, and compatible young-old aged 65-79. Based on the CLHLS data and other relevant studies, we summarize demographic and socioeconomic characteristics as well as self-reported and objectively-tested health indicators of centenarians in China, with an emphasis on gender differences and rural/urban disparities. We then compare five-year-age-specific trajectories of physical and cognitive functions, self-reported health, and life satisfactions from ages 65-69 to 100+, concluding that good psychological resilience and optimism are keys to the exceptional longevity enjoyed by centenarians. We discuss recent findings of novel loci and pathways that are significantly associated with longevity based on the genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the CLHLS centenarian sample, which is 2.7 times as large as prior GWAS of longevity. We also highlight colleagues' and our own studies on longevity candidate genes and gene-environment interaction analyses. Finally, we discuss limitations inherent in our studies of centenarians in China and further research perspectives.
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- Yi Zeng
- Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Medical School of Duke University, United States; Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, National School of Development, Raissun Institute for Advanced Studies, Peking University, China.
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- Department of Sociology & Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- United Nations Population Division, United States
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Zhou Z, Mao F, Ma J, Hao S, Qian Z(M, Elder K, Turner JS, Fang Y. A Longitudinal Analysis of the Association Between Living Arrangements and Health Among Older Adults in China. Res Aging 2016; 40:72-97. [DOI: 10.1177/0164027516680854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This article used the nationally representative Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey to explore the associations between living arrangements and health among older adults. Living arrangements were stratified into six categories. Health was measured by self-rated health, activities of daily living (ADL) disability, and cognitive impairment. Random-effects ordered probit regressions were applied. The results indicated that coresidence had a positive effect on self-rated health compared with living alone. After introducing psychological well-being, the health differences observed in living with a spouse and living with both spouse and children were not significant. Participants with each of the living arrangement were more likely to have a higher rate of cognitive impairment and ADL disability than those living alone. Living arrangements were associated with older adults’ health. Psychological well-being was a key factor in this association, which may result from living with a spouse, and could contribute to the self-rated health of older adults.
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- Zi Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Fujian Province University, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Fujian Province University, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Fujian Province University, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Fujian Province University, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Fujian Province University, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Zeng Y, Nie C, Min J, Liu X, Li M, Chen H, Xu H, Wang M, Ni T, Li Y, Yan H, Zhang JP, Song C, Chi LQ, Wang HM, Dong J, Zheng GY, Lin L, Qian F, Qi Y, Liu X, Cao H, Wang Y, Zhang L, Li Z, Zhou Y, Wang Y, Lu J, Li J, Qi M, Bolund L, Yashin A, Land KC, Gregory S, Yang Z, Gottschalk W, Tao W, Wang J, Wang J, Xu X, Bae H, Nygaard M, Christiansen L, Christensen K, Franceschi C, Lutz MW, Gu J, Tan Q, Perls T, Sebastiani P, Deelen J, Slagboom E, Hauser E, Xu H, Tian XL, Yang H, Vaupel JW. Novel loci and pathways significantly associated with longevity. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21243. [PMID: 26912274 DOI: 10.1038/srep21243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Only two genome-wide significant loci associated with longevity have been identified so far, probably because of insufficient sample sizes of centenarians, whose genomes may harbor genetic variants associated with health and longevity. Here we report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of Han Chinese with a sample size 2.7 times the largest previously published GWAS on centenarians. We identified 11 independent loci associated with longevity replicated in Southern-Northern regions of China, including two novel loci (rs2069837-IL6; rs2440012-ANKRD20A9P) with genome-wide significance and the rest with suggestive significance (P < 3.65 × 10(-5)). Eight independent SNPs overlapped across Han Chinese, European and U.S. populations, and APOE and 5q33.3 were replicated as longevity loci. Integrated analysis indicates four pathways (starch, sucrose and xenobiotic metabolism; immune response and inflammation; MAPK; calcium signaling) highly associated with longevity (P ≤ 0.006) in Han Chinese. The association with longevity of three of these four pathways (MAPK; immunity; calcium signaling) is supported by findings in other human cohorts. Our novel finding on the association of starch, sucrose and xenobiotic metabolism pathway with longevity is consistent with the previous results from Drosophilia. This study suggests protective mechanisms including immunity and nutrient metabolism and their interactions with environmental stress play key roles in human longevity.
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Zeng Y, Chen H, Ni T, Ruan R, Nie C, Liu X, Feng L, Zhang F, Lu J, Li J, Li Y, Tao W, Gregory SG, Gottschalk W, Lutz MW, Land KC, Yashin A, Tan Q, Yang Z, Bolund L, Ming Q, Yang H, Min J, Willcox DC, Willcox BJ, Gu J, Hauser E, Tian XL, Vaupel JW. Interaction Between the FOXO1A-209 Genotype and Tea Drinking Is Significantly Associated with Reduced Mortality at Advanced Ages. Rejuvenation Res 2016; 19:195-203. [PMID: 26414954 DOI: 10.1089/rej.2015.1737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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On the basis of the genotypic/phenotypic data from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) and Cox proportional hazard model, the present study demonstrates that interactions between carrying FOXO1A-209 genotypes and tea drinking are significantly associated with lower risk of mortality at advanced ages. Such a significant association is replicated in two independent Han Chinese CLHLS cohorts (p = 0.028-0.048 in the discovery and replication cohorts, and p = 0.003-0.016 in the combined dataset). We found the associations between tea drinking and reduced mortality are much stronger among carriers of the FOXO1A-209 genotype compared to non-carriers, and drinking tea is associated with a reversal of the negative effects of carrying FOXO1A-209 minor alleles, that is, from a substantially increased mortality risk to substantially reduced mortality risk at advanced ages. The impacts are considerably stronger among those who carry two copies of the FOXO1A minor allele than those who carry one copy. On the basis of previously reported experiments on human cell models concerning FOXO1A-by-tea-compounds interactions, we speculate that results in the present study indicate that tea drinking may inhibit FOXO1A-209 gene expression and its biological functions, which reduces the negative impacts of FOXO1A-209 gene on longevity (as reported in the literature) and offers protection against mortality risk at oldest-old ages. Our empirical findings imply that the health outcomes of particular nutritional interventions, including tea drinking, may, in part, depend upon individual genetic profiles, and the research on the effects of nutrigenomics interactions could potentially be useful for rejuvenation therapies in the clinic or associated healthy aging intervention programs.
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- Yi Zeng
- 1 Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and Geriatrics Division, Medical School of Duke University , Durham, North Carolina.,2 Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, National School of Development, Peking University , Beijing, China
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- 1 Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and Geriatrics Division, Medical School of Duke University , Durham, North Carolina.,3 Department of Management, Business School of Xiangtan University , Xiangtan, China
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- 4 State Key Laboratory of Genetics Engineering & MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University , Shanghai, China
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- 5 Department of Agriculture Economics. Renmin University of China , Beijing, China
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- 6 Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)-Shenzhen , Shenzhen, China
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- 6 Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)-Shenzhen , Shenzhen, China
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- 7 Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore
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- 8 Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland
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- 9 Department of Sociology, Peking University , Beijing, China
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- 9 Department of Sociology, Peking University , Beijing, China
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- 10 Department of Human Population Genetics, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University , Beijing, China
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- 11 School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, China
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- 12 Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina
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- 13 Department of Neurology, Medical Center, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina
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- 13 Department of Neurology, Medical Center, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina
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- 14 Population Research Institute, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina
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- 14 Population Research Institute, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina
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- 15 Biostatistics and Biodemography, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark , Odense, Denmark
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- 16 National Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital , Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
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- 6 Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)-Shenzhen , Shenzhen, China .,17 Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University , Aarhus, Denmark
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- 6 Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)-Shenzhen , Shenzhen, China .,18 Center for Genetic & Genomic Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine , Hangzhou, China
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- 6 Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)-Shenzhen , Shenzhen, China .,19 James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences , Hangzhou, China .,20 Princess Al-Jawhara Centre of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders, King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- 21 School of Medicine, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, China
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- 22 Department of Human Welfare, Okinawa International University , Ginowan, Japan .,23 Department of Research, Kuakini Medical Center and Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii , Hawaii
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- 23 Department of Research, Kuakini Medical Center and Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii , Hawaii
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- 11 School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, China
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- 12 Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina
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- 10 Department of Human Population Genetics, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University , Beijing, China
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- 24 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research , Rostock, Germany
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Shen W, Xiao Y, Ying X, Li S, Zhai Y, Shang X, Li F, Wang X, He F, Lin J. Tea Consumption and Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study among Chinese Elderly. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137781. [PMID: 26359663 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Laboratorial and epidemiological researches suggested that tea exhibited potential neuroprotective effect which may prevent cognitive impairment, but there were few data among the elderly aged 60 years and above in China. OBJECTIVE The objective was to explore the relationship between characteristics of tea consumption and cognitive impairment. DESIGN We analyzed the baseline data from Zhejiang Major Public Health Surveillance Program (ZPHS) which was conducted in 2014. Totally 9,375 residents aged 60 years and above were recruited in this study. Face-to-face interview based on a self-developed questionnaire was performed for each participant. Detailed tea consumption habits were included in the questionnaire. Cognitive impairment screening was performed by using Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Education-specific cut-off points for Chinese were applied to determine the status of cognitive impairment. Logistic regression analysis was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) of cognitive impairment associated with tea consumption. RESULTS The means (SD) of MMSE scores for the subjects who did not consume tea and consumed <2 cups/d, 2-4 cups/d, ≥4 cups/d were 23.3 (SD = 5.61), 23.8 (SD = 5.60), 24.5 (SD = 5.63) and 25.0 (SD = 5.08), respectively. An inverse correlation was found between tea consumption (of all types) and prevalence of cognitive impairment. Volume of tea consumption was significantly associated with cognitive impairment: compared with non-consumption participants, those who consumed < 2 cups/d, 2-4 cups/d, and ≥4 cups/d were observed ORs of 0.77 (95% CI: 0.56, 1.07), 0.62 (95% CI: 0.47, 0.81), and 0.49 (95% CI: 0.36, 0.66), respectively. Compared with non-consumption, black tea presented a positive correlation with cognitive function after controlling for potential confounders (OR = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.28, 0.95), while green tea showed no significant difference (OR = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.72, 1.51). Participants who consumed weak tea, moderate tea or strong tea more often were observed a better cognitive status when compared with those who did not have tea, with an OR of 0.51 (95% CI: 0.28, 0.92), 0.32 (95% CI: 0.19, 0.56) and 0.42 (95% CI: 0.22, 0.78) after adjusting for the potential confounders. But there was no statistically significant difference between any two of these ORs. CONCLUSION Black tea consumption was association with better cognitive performance among the elderly aged 60 years and above in China, while green tea presented no correlation. The positive association of cognitive status with tea consumption was not limited to particular type of concentration.
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Ukraintseva S, Yashin A, Arbeev K, Kulminski A, Akushevich I, Wu D, Joshi G, Land KC, Stallard E. Puzzling role of genetic risk factors in human longevity: "risk alleles" as pro-longevity variants. Biogerontology 2016; 17:109-27. [PMID: 26306600 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-015-9600-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Complex diseases are major contributors to human mortality in old age. Paradoxically, many genetic variants that have been associated with increased risks of such diseases are found in genomes of long-lived people, and do not seem to compromise longevity. Here we argue that trade-off-like and conditional effects of genes can play central role in this phenomenon and in determining longevity. Such effects may occur as result of: (i) antagonistic influence of gene on the development of different health disorders; (ii) change in the effect of gene on vulnerability to death with age (especially, from “bad” to “good”); (iii) gene–gene interaction; and (iv) gene–environment interaction, among other factors. A review of current knowledge provides many examples of genetic factors that may increase the risk of one disease but reduce chances of developing another serious health condition, or improve survival from it. Factors that may increase risk of a major disease but attenuate manifestation of physical senescence are also discussed. Overall, available evidence suggests that the influence of a genetic variant on longevity may be negative, neutral or positive, depending on a delicate balance of the detrimental and beneficial effects of such variant on multiple health and aging related traits. This balance may change with age, internal and external environments, and depend on genetic surrounding. We conclude that trade-off-like and conditional genetic effects are very common and may result in situations when a disease “risk allele” can also be a pro-longevity variant, depending on context. We emphasize importance of considering such effects in both aging research and disease prevention.
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Morris BJ, Willcox DC, Donlon TA, Willcox BJ. FOXO3: A Major Gene for Human Longevity--A Mini-Review. Gerontology 2015; 61:515-25. [PMID: 25832544 DOI: 10.1159/000375235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The gene FOXO3, encoding the transcription factor forkhead box O-3 (FoxO3), is one of only two for which genetic polymorphisms have exhibited consistent associations with longevity in diverse human populations. OBJECTIVE Here, we review the multitude of actions of FoxO3 that are relevant to health, and thus healthy ageing and longevity. METHODS The study involved a literature search for articles retrieved from PubMed using FoxO3 as keyword. RESULTS We review the molecular genetics of FOXO3 in longevity, then current knowledge of FoxO3 function relevant to ageing and lifespan. We describe how FoxOs are involved in energy metabolism, oxidative stress, proteostasis, apoptosis, cell cycle regulation, metabolic processes, immunity, inflammation and stem cell maintenance. The single FoxO in Hydra confers immortality to this fresh water polyp, but as more complex organisms evolved, this role has been usurped by the need for FoxO to control a broader range of specialized pathways across a wide spectrum of tissues assisted by the advent of as many as 4 FoxO subtypes in mammals. The major themes of FoxO3 are similar, but not identical, to other FoxOs and include regulation of cellular homeostasis, particularly of stem cells, and of inflammation, which is a common theme of age-related diseases. Other functions concern metabolism, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, destruction of potentially damaging reactive oxygen species and proteostasis. CONCLUSIONS The mechanism by which longevity-associated alleles of FOXO3 reduce age-related mortality is currently of great clinical interest. The prospect of optimizing FoxO3 activity in humans to increase lifespan and reduce age-related diseases represents an exciting avenue of clinical investigation. Research strategies directed at developing therapeutic agents that target FoxO3, its gene and proteins in the pathway(s) FoxO3 regulates should be encouraged and supported.
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Affiliation(s)
- Brian J Morris
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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