[HTML][HTML] Hallmarks of aging in the liver

NJ Hunt, SWS Kang, GP Lockwood… - Computational and …, 2019 - Elsevier
NJ Hunt, SWS Kang, GP Lockwood, DG Le Couteur, VC Cogger
Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2019Elsevier
While the liver demonstrates remarkable resilience during aging, there is growing evidence
that it undergoes all the cellular hallmarks of aging, which increases the risk of liver and
systemic disease. The aging process in the liver is driven by alterations of the genome and
epigenome that contribute to dysregulation of mitochondrial function and nutrient sensing
pathways, leading to cellular senescence and low-grade inflammation. These changes
promote multiple phenotypic changes in all liver cells (hepatocytes, liver sinusoidal …
Abstract
While the liver demonstrates remarkable resilience during aging, there is growing evidence that it undergoes all the cellular hallmarks of aging, which increases the risk of liver and systemic disease. The aging process in the liver is driven by alterations of the genome and epigenome that contribute to dysregulation of mitochondrial function and nutrient sensing pathways, leading to cellular senescence and low-grade inflammation. These changes promote multiple phenotypic changes in all liver cells (hepatocytes, liver sinusoidal endothelial, hepatic stellate and Küpffer cells) and impairment of hepatic function. In particular, age-related changes in the liver sinusoidal endothelial cells are a significant but under-recognized risk factor for the development of age-related cardiometabolic disease.
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