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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2013

Chromatin structure and transposable elements in organismal aging.

Jason G Wood, Stephen L Helfand

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Retrotransposon Protein L1 ORF1p Expression in Aging Central Nervous System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Loss of H3K9 trimethylation leads to premature aging.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  14. Genomic Instability and Epigenetic Changes during Aging.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jason G WoodDepartment of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University Providence, RI, USA.
Stephen L HelfandDepartment of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University Providence, RI, USA.
Brown University · US

Funding

Control of Gene Expression and Life SpanR01AG024353 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HELFAND, STEPHEN L · 2004 to 2018
$5.5M
Single Gene Mutants that Confer Longevity in DrosphilaR37AG016667 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HELFAND, STEPHEN L · 2004 to 2014
$3.8M
Control of Gene Expression and Life SpanRF1AG024353 · NIA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI HELFAND, STEPHEN L · 2019 to 2019
$2.5M
Oxidative Damage, Aging and Life SpanR01AG025277 · NIA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI HELFAND, STEPHEN L · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
SINGLE GENE MUTANTS THAT CONFER LONGEVITY IN DROSOPHILAR01AG016667 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HELFAND, STEPHEN L. · 1999 to 2003
$1.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG016667NIA NIH HHS R01 AG024353NIA NIH HHS R01 AG025277NIA NIH HHS R37 AG016667NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG024353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms are increasingly appreciated as central to a diverse array of biological processes, including aging. An association between heterochromatic silencing and longevity has long been recognized in yeast, and in more recent years evidence has accumulated of age-related chromatin changes in Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, and mouse model systems, as well as in the tissue culture-based replicative senescence model of cell aging. In addition, a number of studies have linked expression of transposable elements (TEs), as well as changes in the RNAi pathways that cells use to combat TEs, to the aging process. This review summarizes the recent evidence linking chromatin structure and function to aging, with a particular focus on the relationship of heterochromatin structure to organismal aging.

Indexed as

chromatinepigenetics of agingheterochromatinhistone modificationsretrotransposonsRNAisilencingtransposable elements

Identifiers

PMID24363663
PMCPMC3849598
OpenAlexW2154146356

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