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Studying the causal network of the hallmarks of aging

Image credit: Lopez-Otin et al., 2013 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836174/

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Shubhankar Kulkarni
Shubhankar Kulkarni Aug 05, 2020
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The hallmarks of aging are well accepted. Each of these hallmarks are studied individually or in concert with one or two other hallmarks.

All known interactions between these hallmarks (and also those between the components of the hallmarks) can be compiled. Using different molecules, proteins, enzymes, etc. as separate nodes and their upregulation-downregulation interactions as causal links across the nodes, a network can be created. Algorithms (as applied previously) can be applied to this network to identify important nodes that can be targetted to halt or reverse the manifestation of these hallmarks.

[1]López-Otín C, Blasco MA, Partridge L, Serrano M, Kroemer G. The Hallmarks of Aging. Cell [Internet]. 2013 Jun;153(6):1194–217. Available from: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867413006454

[2]Kulkarni S, Sharda S, Watve M (2017) Bi-stability in type 2 diabetes mellitus multi-organ signalling network. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0181536. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181536

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