The information theory of aging

YR Lu, X Tian, DA Sinclair - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Information storage and retrieval is essential for all life. In biology, information is
primarily stored in two distinct ways: the genome, comprising nucleic acids, acts as a …

[HTML][HTML] Role of epigenetic regulation in glaucoma

L Feng, C Wang, C Zhang, W Zhang, W Song - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is the world's leading irreversible blinding eye disease. Lowering intraocular
pressure is currently the only effective clinical treatment. However, there is a lack of long …

Astrocytes in the optic nerve are heterogeneous in their reactivity to glaucomatous injury

Y Zhu, R Wang, AC Pappas, P Seifert, A Savol… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The optic nerve head is thought to be the site of initial injury to retinal ganglion cell injury in
glaucoma. In the initial segment of the optic nerve directly behind the globe, the ganglion …

HSP27 induced glaucomatous damage in mice of young and advanced age

C Erb, S Reinehr, C Theiss, HB Dick… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Age-related diseases such as glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, are
having an upward trend due to an aging society. In glaucoma, some patients display altered …

Exploring the current use of animal models in glaucoma drug discovery: where are we in 2023?

R Agarwal, P Agarwal, I Iezhitsa - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Animal models are widely used in glaucoma-related research. Since the
elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is a major risk factor underlying the disease …

Sustained vision recovery by OSK gene therapy in a mouse model of glaucoma

MM Karg, YR Lu, N Refaian, J Cameron… - Cellular …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Glaucoma, a chronic neurodegenerative disease, is a leading cause of age-related
blindness worldwide and characterized by the progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells …

[HTML][HTML] Aging, Cellular Senescence, and Glaucoma

Y Zhang, S Huang, B Xie, Y Zhong - Aging and Disease, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging is one of the most serious risk factors for glaucoma, and according to age-
standardized prevalence, glaucoma is the second leading cause of legal blindness …

Mendelian randomization implicates causal association between epigenetic age acceleration and age-related eye diseases or glaucoma endophenotypes

J Chen, XL Yuan, X Zhou, J Xu, X Zhang, X Duan - Clinical Epigenetics, 2024 - Springer
Background Age-related eye diseases (AREDs) have become increasingly prevalent with
the aging population, serving as the leading causes of visual impairment worldwide …

Senolytic and senomorphic agent procyanidin C1 alleviates structural and functional decline in the aged retina

Y Liu, X Liu, X Chen, Z Yang, J Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Increased cellular senescence burden contributes in part to age-related organ dysfunction
and pathologies. In our study, using mouse models of natural aging, we observed structural …

Vitamin C protects retinal ganglion cells via SPP1 in glaucoma and after optic nerve damage

S Li, TC Jakobs - Life Science Alliance, 2023 - life-science-alliance.org
Glaucoma is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by retinal ganglion cell
death, astrocyte reactivity in the optic nerve, and vision loss. Currently, lowering the …