Life stress, glucocorticoid signaling, and the aging epigenome: Implications for aging-related diseases

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue , 2017, Pages 356-365

  Gassen, Nils C ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b   Binder, Elisabeth B ^a,c   Zannas, Anthony S ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Dementia; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Glucocorticoid signaling; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTONE;

AGE; AGING; AGING RELATED DISEASE; CELL AGING; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE STRESS; LIFESPAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; UPREGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MENTAL STRESS;

AGING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85004140679     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.003     Document Type: Review

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