The Heterogeneity of Post-Menopausal Disease Risk: Could the Basis for Why Only Subsets of Females Are Affected Be Due to a Reversible Epigenetic Modification System Associated with Puberty, Menstrual Cycles, Pregnancy and Lactation, and, Ultimately, Menopause?

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 25(7), С. 3866 - 3866

Опубликована: Март 30, 2024

For much of human evolution, the average lifespan was <40 years, due in part to disease, infant mortality, predators, food insecurity, and, for females, complications childbirth. Thus, many females did not reach age menopause (45–50 years age) and it is mainly past several hundred that has been extended >75 primarily public health advances, medical interventions, antibiotics, nutrition. Therefore, underlying biological mechanisms responsible disease risk following must have evolved during complex processes leading Homo sapiens serve functions pre-menopausal state. Furthermore, as a primary function survival species effective reproduction, likely most advantages having such post-menopausal risks relate reproduction ability address environmental stresses. This opinion/perspective will be discussed context how could enhance with improved offspring, perhaps why are preserved. Not all exhibit this set diseases, those who do develop diseases conditions. The state operate unified complex, but independent variables, potential some overlap. there would heterogeneity if factors essential reproductive also concept sets reversible epigenetic changes associated puberty, pregnancy, lactation offered explain observations regarding distribution conditions their roles reproduction. While involvement an system dynamic “modification-demodification-remodification” paradigm contributing hypothesis at point, validation lead better understanding commonalities may future interventions control after menopause.

Язык: Английский

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Epigenetics of personalized medicine

Elsevier eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 3 - 12

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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