Abstract：
:The present work explores the application of information theoretical measures, such as entropy and normalized mutual information, for research of biomarkers of aging. The use of information theory affords unique methodological advantages for the study of aging processes, as it allows evaluating non-linear relations between biological parameters, providing the precise quantitative strength of those relations, both for individual and multiple parameters, showing cumulative or synergistic effect. Here we illustrate those capabilities utilizing a dataset on heart disease, including diagnostic parameters routinely available to physicians. The use of information-theoretical methods, utilizing normalized mutual information, revealed the exact amount of information that various diagnostic parameters or their combinations contained about the persons' age. Based on those exact informative values for the correlation of measured parameters with age, we constructed a diagnostic rule (a decision tree) to evaluate physiological age, as compared to chronological age. The present data illustrated that younger subjects suffering from heart disease showed characteristics of people of higher age (higher physiological age). Utilizing information-theoretical measures, with additional data, it may be possible to create further clinically applicable information-theory-based markers and models for the evaluation of physiological age, its relation to age-related diseases and its potential modifications by therapeutic interventions.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Blokh D,Stambler Idoi
10.1016/j.mad.2017.01.003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-04-01 00:00:00pages
23-29eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
S0047-6374(16)30156-7journal_volume
163pub_type
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
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doi：10.1016/j.mad.2009.05.004
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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
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2017.10.002
更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2012.11.001
更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(80)90063-9
更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2006.01.024
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(86)90093-x
更新日期：1986-11-14 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(96)01755-1
更新日期：1996-09-09 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(89)90044-4
更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(94)91588-1
更新日期：1994-10-20 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(79)90040-x
更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(80)90022-6
更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(88)90021-8
更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(97)00144-9
更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2004.06.002
更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(95)01680-5
更新日期：1996-02-24 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2016.04.006
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(83)90088-x
更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2005.06.001
更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(85)90097-1
更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(83)90045-3
更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(96)01782-4
更新日期：1996-10-25 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(97)00150-4
更新日期：1998-03-16 00:00:00
abstract：:Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD or SOD2) is a key mitochondrial enzymatic antioxidant. Arguably the most striking phenotype associated with complete loss of SOD2 in flies and mice is shortened life span. To further explore the role of SOD2 in protecting animals from aging and age-associated pathology, we generat...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2007.10.013
更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:There is an alteration of the immune response in aging that leads to the increased incidence of infections, cancers and autoimmune disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether there exists changes in signal transduction under the IL-2 receptor stimulation and the role of plasma membrane cholester...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0047-6374(01)00274-3
更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Levels of the beta-subunit of nerve growth factor (beta-NGF) were determined in various tissues from senescence-accelerated mice (SAM-P/8) and compared with those from senescence-resistant control mice (SAM-R/1) at 4 months of age. (1) In SAM-P/8, the testis was 30% larger in terms of wet weight than that from SAM-R/1...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(91)90082-b
更新日期：1991-06-14 00:00:00
abstract：:Vascular tree development depends on the timely differentiation of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. These latter are key players in the formation of the vascular scaffold that offers resistance to the blood flow. This review aims at providing an overview on the role of PDE5, the cGMP-specific phosphodiest...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mad.2020.111311
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of the present study was to measure protein synthesis in regenerating liver and to evaluate the impact of malnutrition in young and old rats. Two groups of male Wistar rats were used: young rats (4 months old) and old rats (18 months old). The rats were allocated to malnutrition or ordinary food intake for 1 w...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(96)01779-4
更新日期：1996-10-04 00:00:00
abstract：:Several alternative mortality models fit Swedish old-age mortality data equally well. The models build on two different concepts of the heterogeneity of individuals in a population. The first concept concerns fixed, genetic differences among individuals in their risk of death. The second concept involves acquired susc...
journal_title：Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0047-6374(94)90094-9
更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00
