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Hippocampal Epigenetic Reprogramming Drives Human Brain Aging
['Rana Zarour']
European Medical Journal
MULTIOMIC profiling reveals how hippocampal epigenetic reprogramming alters cellular lineage and 3D genome architecture during aging.
Analyzing postmortem human hippocampal tissue across the adult lifespan, investigators mapped single-nucleus transcriptomes, chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, and higher-order chromatin structure.
Microglial Lineage Shifts via Hippocampal Epigenetic ReprogrammingA central finding is the progressive replacement of resident brain immune cells.
At the structural level, hippocampal epigenetic reprogramming accompanies a global erosion of three-dimensional genome architecture across multiple cell types.
Together, these findings offer a comprehensive cellular and molecular framework for understanding cognitive vulnerability and synaptic dysfunction in the aging human brain.