Borut Poljsak, Vito Kovač, Tina Levec, Irina Milisav
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Abstract
Beneficial genetic or environmental factors that influence the length and quality of life can be evaluated while studying supercentenarians. The oldest-old can withstand serious/fatal illnesses more than their peers and/or their aging rate is decreased. Supercentenarians are an interesting group of individuals whose lifestyle is not particularly healthy according to the common guidelines, namely some of them seem to have similar harmful behaviors, but still manage to stay healthier for longer, and while eventually dying from the same degenerative diseases as the general population, they develop symptoms 20-30 years later. As there are not many supercentenarians by definition, it is worthwhile to diligently collect their data to enable future meta-analyses on larger samples; much can be learned from supercentenarians' habits and lifestyle choices about the aging process. Contributions of genetics, lifestyle choices, and epigenetics to their extended life span are discussed here.
期刊介绍：
Rejuvenation Research publishes cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research on rejuvenation therapies in the laboratory and the clinic. The Journal focuses on key explorations and advances that may ultimately contribute to slowing or reversing the aging process, and covers topics such as cardiovascular aging, DNA damage and repair, cloning, and cell immortalization and senescence.
Rejuvenation Research coverage includes:
Cell immortalization and senescence
Pluripotent stem cells
DNA damage/repair
Gene targeting, gene therapy, and genomics
Growth factors and nutrient supply/sensing
Immunosenescence
Comparative biology of aging
Tissue engineering
Late-life pathologies (cardiovascular, neurodegenerative and others)
Public policy and social context.
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