Abstract:
:Endogenous retroelements, transposons that mobilize through RNA intermediates, include some of the most abundant repetitive sequences of the human genome, such as Alu and LINE-1 sequences, and human endogenous retroviruses. Recent discoveries demonstrate that these mobile genetic elements not only act as intragenomic parasites, but also exert regulatory roles in living cells. The risk of genomic instability represented by endogenous retroelements is normally counteracted by a series of epigenetic control mechanisms which include, among the most important, CpG DNA methylation. Indeed, most of the genomic CpG sites subjected to DNA methylation in the nuclear DNA are carried by these repetitive elements. As other parts of the genome, endogenous retroelements and other transposable elements are subjected to deep epigenetic alterations during aging, repeatedly observed in the context of organismal and cellular senescence, in human and other species. This review summarizes the current status of knowledge about the epigenetic alterations occurring in this large, non-genic portion of the genome in aging and age-related conditions, with a focus on the causes and the possible functional consequences of these alterations.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Cardelli Mdoi
10.1016/j.mad.2018.02.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-09-01 00:00:00pages
30-46eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
S0047-6374(17)30291-9journal_volume
174pub_type
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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