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The ageing process results from a complex interplay between genes and the environment that can precipitate an uncontrolled inflammation. Epigenetic changes are believed to provide a link between the environment and nutrition to gene expression by altering the activity of some histone-modifying protein. Epigenetic modifications of DNA and histone proteins have been proposed as important contributory mechanisms to the retention of metabolic memory over time. A thorough understanding of the posttranscriptional and epigenetic factors involved in both normal ageing and age-related disease may inform new strategies and approaches to diagnose, treat, or suppress many aspects of age-dependent frailty.
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Funding is gratefully acknowledged from the following sources BBSRC (JWK); BBSRC (SJB); Alzheimer’s Research UK (IHKD); FP7 MARK-AGE (EU FP7 Large-scale integrating Project HEALTH-F4-2008-2008800 (CRD); COST CM1001 and BM1203 (HRG).
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Killick, J.W., Bennett, S.J., Dias, I.H.K., Dunston, C.R., Griffiths, H.R. (2014). A Role for Epigenetic Modulation of the Innate Immune Response During Aging. In: Massoud, A., Rezaei, N. (eds) Immunology of Aging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39495-9_4
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