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Feng B, Zheng J, Cai Y, Han Y, Han Y, Wu J, Feng J, Zheng K. An Epigenetic Manifestation of Alzheimer's Disease: DNA Methylation. ACTAS ESPANOLAS DE PSIQUIATRIA 2024; 52:365-374. [PMID: 38863055 PMCID: PMC11190457 DOI: 10.62641/aep.v52i3.1595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, has a complex pathogenesis. The number of AD patients has increased in recent years due to population aging, while a trend toward a younger age of onset has arisen, imposing a substantial burden on society and families, and garnering extensive attention. DNA methylation has recently been revealed to play an important role in AD onset and progression. DNA methylation is a critical mechanism regulating gene expression, and alterations in this mechanism dysregulate gene expression and disrupt important pathways, including oxidative stress responses, inflammatory reactions, and protein degradation processes, eventually resulting in disease. Studies have revealed widespread changes in AD patients' DNA methylation in the peripheral blood and brain tissues, affecting multiple signaling pathways and severely impacting neuronal cell and synaptic functions. This review summarizes the role of DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of AD, aiming to provide a theoretical basis for its early prevention and treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Boyi Feng
- Department of Chronic Disease, Longhua District Center for Chronic Disease Control/Mental Health, 510080 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Shenzhen Guangming District People's Hospital, 518107 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chronic Disease, Longhua District Center for Chronic Disease Control/Mental Health, 510080 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Public Health Service Center, Bao'an District, 518100 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, 150000 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, 150000 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Chronic Disease, Longhua District Center for Chronic Disease Control/Mental Health, 510080 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chronic Disease, Longhua District Center for Chronic Disease Control/Mental Health, 510080 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chronic Disease, Longhua District Center for Chronic Disease Control/Mental Health, 510080 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Aguzzoli Peres F, Haas AN, Martha AD, Chan M, Steele M, Ferretti MT, Ngcobo NN, Ilinca S, Domínguez‐Vivero C, Leroi I, Sajnani N, Zimmer ER, Kornhuber A, Kalache A, Holtzhausen B, Tristão‐Pereira C, Dupont C, Cohen D, de Jong D, Facal D, O'Sullivan D, Mateus E, Roso E, Estrop E, Gamba G, San Martin Elexpe G, Ulises Diaz Hernández H, Quaid H, Govia I, Barbosa J, García del Moral J, Miller J, García García JA, Quaid K, Navarro L, García LZ, Waters L, Molete L, Godoy ME, Sigauke M, de Ataide Schulte MW, Estrop P, San Martin Elexpe Cardoso P, Perez R, Patterson R, Chakrabarti R, Wong R, Marsillas S, Lowe S, Rego TS, Farombi T, Montgomery T, in ‘t Veen T, Yanni V, Weidner W, Ibanez A. Walking the talk for dementia: A unique immersive, embodied, and multi-experiential initiative. Alzheimers Dement 2024; 20:2309-2322. [PMID: 38275208 PMCID: PMC10984440 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Coping with dementia requires an integrated approach encompassing personal, health, research, and community domains. Here we describe "Walking the Talk for Dementia," an immersive initiative aimed at empowering people with dementia, enhancing dementia understanding, and inspiring collaborations. This initiative involved 300 participants from 25 nationalities, including people with dementia, care partners, clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and advocates for a 4-day, 40 km walk through the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. A 2-day symposium after the journey provided novel transdisciplinary and horizontal structures, deconstructing traditional hierarchies. The innovation of this initiative lies in its ability to merge a physical experience with knowledge exchange for diversifying individuals' understanding of dementia. It showcases the transformative potential of an immersive, embodied, and multi-experiential approach to address the complexities of dementia collaboratively. The initiative offers a scalable model to enhance understanding, decrease stigma, and promote more comprehensive and empathetic dementia care and research.
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Gómez-Carballa A, Navarro L, Pardo-Seco J, Bello X, Pischedda S, Viz-Lasheras S, Camino-Mera A, Currás MJ, Ferreirós I, Mallah N, Rey-Vázquez S, Redondo L, Dacosta-Urbieta A, Caamaño-Viña F, Rivero-Calle I, Rodriguez-Tenreiro C, Martinón-Torres F, Salas A. Music compensates for altered gene expression in age-related cognitive disorders. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21259. [PMID: 38040763 PMCID: PMC10692168 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
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Extensive literature has explored the beneficial effects of music in age-related cognitive disorders (ACD), but limited knowledge exists regarding its impact on gene expression. We analyzed transcriptomes of ACD patients and healthy controls, pre-post a music session (n = 60), and main genes/pathways were compared to those dysregulated in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) as revealed by a multi-cohort study (n = 1269 MCI/AD and controls). Music was associated with 2.3 times more whole-genome gene expression, particularly on neurodegeneration-related genes, in ACD than in controls. Co-expressed gene-modules and pathways analysis demonstrated that music impacted autophagy, vesicle and endosome organization, biological processes commonly dysregulated in MCI/AD. Notably, the data indicated a strong negative correlation between musically-modified genes/pathways in ACD and those dysregulated in MCI/AD. These findings highlight the compensatory effect of music on genes/biological processes affected in MCI/AD, providing insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the benefits of music on these disorders.
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- Alberto Gómez-Carballa
- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain
- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GenViP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
- Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Genetica de Poblaciones en Biomedicina (GenPoB) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago (SERGAS), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER-ES), Madrid, Spain.
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