Neuroepigenetic signatures of age and sex in the living human brain

Gene transcription is known to vary with age and sex, although the underlying mechanisms are unresolved. Here, the authors show that epigenetic enzymes known as HDACs, which regulate gene transcription, are increasingly expressed with age in the living human brain, with sex differences also observed...

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Main Authors: Tonya M. Gilbert, Nicole R. Zürcher, Mary C. Catanese, Chieh-En J. Tseng, Maria A. Di Biase, Amanda E. Lyall, Baileigh G. Hightower, Anjali J. Parmar, Anisha Bhanot, Christine J. Wu, Matthew L. Hibert, Minhae Kim, Umar Mahmood, Steven M. Stufflebeam, Frederick A. Schroeder, Changning Wang, Joshua L. Roffman, Daphne J. Holt, Douglas N. Greve, Ofer Pasternak, Marek Kubicki, Hsiao-Ying Wey, Jacob M. Hooker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11031-0