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  1. Book: Special focus supplement on epigenetics

    Pincus, Zachary

    (DNA and cell biology ; 31,S1)

    2012  

    Author's details ed.: Zachary Pincus
    Series title DNA and cell biology ; 31,S1
    Collection
    Language English
    Size S71 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
    Publisher Liebert
    Publishing place Larchmont, NY
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Book
    HBZ-ID HT017463005
    Database Catalogue ZB MED Medicine, Health

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  2. Article ; Online: High temporal resolution measurements of movement reveal novel early-life physiological decline in C. elegans.

    Sinha, Drew Benjamin / Pincus, Zachary Scott

    PloS one

    2022  Volume 17, Issue 2, Page(s) e0257591

    Abstract: Age-related physiological changes are most notable and best-studied late in life, while the nature of aging in early- or middle-aged individuals has not been explored as thoroughly. In C. elegans, many studies of movement vs. age generally focus on three ...

    Abstract Age-related physiological changes are most notable and best-studied late in life, while the nature of aging in early- or middle-aged individuals has not been explored as thoroughly. In C. elegans, many studies of movement vs. age generally focus on three distinct phases: sustained, youthful movement; onset of rapidly progressing impairment; and gross immobility. We investigated whether this first period of early-life adult movement is a sustained "healthy" level of high function followed by a discrete "movement catastrophe"-or whether there are early-life changes in movement that precede future physiological declines. To determine how movement varies during early adult life, we followed isolated individuals throughout life with a previously unachieved combination of duration and temporal resolution. By tracking individuals across the first six days of adulthood, we observed declines in movement starting as early as the first two days of adult life, as well as high interindividual variability in total daily movement. These findings suggest that movement is a highly dynamic behavior early in life, and that factors driving movement decline may begin acting as early as the first day of adulthood. Using simulation studies based on acquired data, we suggest that too-infrequent sampling in common movement assays limits observation of early-adult changes in motility, and we propose feasible strategies and a framework for designing assays with increased sensitivity for early movement declines.
    MeSH term(s) Aging ; Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/physiology ; Movement
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2267670-3
    ISSN 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0257591
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  3. Article ; Online: Ageing: A stretch in time.

    Pincus, Zachary

    Nature

    2016  Volume 530, Issue 7588, Page(s) 37–38

    MeSH term(s) Aging/physiology ; Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/physiology ; Longevity/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-02-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Comment ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120714-3
    ISSN 1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
    ISSN (online) 1476-4687
    ISSN 0028-0836
    DOI 10.1038/nature16873
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  4. Article ; Online: MicroRNAs as modulators of longevity and the aging process.

    Kinser, Holly E / Pincus, Zachary

    Human genetics

    2019  Volume 139, Issue 3, Page(s) 291–308

    Abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally repress translation or induce mRNA degradation of target transcripts through sequence-specific binding. miRNAs target hundreds of transcripts to regulate diverse biological ... ...

    Abstract MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally repress translation or induce mRNA degradation of target transcripts through sequence-specific binding. miRNAs target hundreds of transcripts to regulate diverse biological pathways and processes, including aging. Many microRNAs are differentially expressed during aging, generating interest in their use as aging biomarkers and roles as regulators of the aging process. In the invertebrates Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila, a number of miRNAs have been found to both positive and negatively modulate longevity through canonical aging pathways. Recent studies have also shown that miRNAs regulate age-associated processes and pathologies in a diverse array of mammalian tissues, including brain, heart, bone, and muscle. The review will present an overview of these studies, highlighting the role of individual miRNAs as biomarkers of aging and regulators of longevity and tissue-specific aging processes.
    MeSH term(s) Aging/genetics ; Animals ; Humans ; Longevity/genetics ; MicroRNAs/genetics ; Signal Transduction/genetics
    Chemical Substances MicroRNAs
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-07-11
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 223009-4
    ISSN 1432-1203 ; 0340-6717
    ISSN (online) 1432-1203
    ISSN 0340-6717
    DOI 10.1007/s00439-019-02046-0
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  5. Article ; Online: Global, cell non-autonomous gene regulation drives individual lifespan among isogenic

    Kinser, Holly E / Mosley, Matthew C / Plutzer, Isaac B / Pincus, Zachary

    eLife

    2021  Volume 10

    Abstract: Across species, lifespan is highly variable among individuals within a population. Even genetically ... ...

    Abstract Across species, lifespan is highly variable among individuals within a population. Even genetically identical
    MeSH term(s) Aging ; Animals ; Biomarkers ; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics ; Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Reporter/genetics ; Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics ; Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism ; Longevity ; MicroRNAs/genetics ; MicroRNAs/metabolism ; Signal Transduction
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers ; MicroRNAs ; Green Fluorescent Proteins (147336-22-9)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2687154-3
    ISSN 2050-084X ; 2050-084X
    ISSN (online) 2050-084X
    ISSN 2050-084X
    DOI 10.7554/eLife.65026
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  6. Article: Functional trajectories during innate spinal cord repair.

    Jensen, Nicholas O / Burris, Brooke / Zhou, Lili / Yamada, Hunter / Reyes, Catrina / Pincus, Zachary / Mokalled, Mayssa H

    Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

    2023  Volume 16, Page(s) 1155754

    Abstract: Adult zebrafish are capable of anatomical and functional recovery following severe spinal cord injury. Axon growth, glial bridging and adult neurogenesis are hallmarks of cellular regeneration during spinal cord repair. However, the correlation between ... ...

    Abstract Adult zebrafish are capable of anatomical and functional recovery following severe spinal cord injury. Axon growth, glial bridging and adult neurogenesis are hallmarks of cellular regeneration during spinal cord repair. However, the correlation between these cellular regenerative processes and functional recovery remains to be elucidated. Whereas the majority of established functional regeneration metrics measure swim capacity, we hypothesize that gait quality is more directly related to neurological health. Here, we performed a longitudinal swim tracking study for 60 individual zebrafish spanning 8 weeks of spinal cord regeneration. Multiple swim parameters as well as axonal and glial bridging were integrated. We established rostral compensation as a new gait quality metric that highly correlates with functional recovery. Tensor component analysis of longitudinal data supports a correspondence between functional recovery trajectories and neurological outcomes. Moreover, our studies predicted and validated that a subset of functional regeneration parameters measured 1 to 2 weeks post-injury is sufficient to predict the regenerative outcomes of individual animals at 8 weeks post-injury. Our findings established new functional regeneration parameters and generated a comprehensive correlative database between various functional and cellular regeneration outputs.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2452967-9
    ISSN 1662-5099
    ISSN 1662-5099
    DOI 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1155754
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  7. Article ; Online: Predicting all-cause mortality from basic physiology in the Framingham Heart Study.

    Zhang, William B / Pincus, Zachary

    Aging cell

    2016  Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 39–48

    Abstract: Using longitudinal data from a cohort of 1349 participants in the Framingham Heart Study, we show that as early as 28-38 years of age, almost 10% of variation in future lifespan can be predicted from simple clinical parameters. Specifically, we found ... ...

    Abstract Using longitudinal data from a cohort of 1349 participants in the Framingham Heart Study, we show that as early as 28-38 years of age, almost 10% of variation in future lifespan can be predicted from simple clinical parameters. Specifically, we found diastolic and systolic blood pressure, blood glucose, weight, and body mass index (BMI) to be relevant to lifespan. These and similar parameters have been well-characterized as risk factors in the relatively narrow context of cardiovascular disease and mortality in middle to old age. In contrast, we demonstrate here that such measures can be used to predict all-cause mortality from mid-adulthood onward. Further, we find that different clinical measurements are predictive of lifespan in different age regimes. Specifically, blood pressure and BMI are predictive of all-cause mortality from ages 35 to 60, while blood glucose is predictive from ages 57 to 73. Moreover, we find that several of these parameters are best considered as measures of a rate of 'damage accrual', such that total historical exposure, rather than current measurement values, is the most relevant risk factor (as with pack-years of cigarette smoking). In short, we show that simple physiological measurements have broader lifespan-predictive value than indicated by previous work and that incorporating information from multiple time points can significantly increase that predictive capacity. In general, our results apply equally to both men and women, although some differences exist.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Blood Pressure/physiology ; Body Mass Index ; Body Weight/physiology ; Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Obesity/complications ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Risk Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2113083-8
    ISSN 1474-9726 ; 1474-9718
    ISSN (online) 1474-9726
    ISSN 1474-9718
    DOI 10.1111/acel.12408
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  8. Article ; Online: High-throughput screening in the C. elegans nervous system.

    Kinser, Holly E / Pincus, Zachary

    Molecular and cellular neurosciences

    2016  Volume 80, Page(s) 192–197

    Abstract: The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is widely used as a model organism in the field of neurobiology. The wiring of the C. elegans nervous system has been entirely mapped, and the animal's optical transparency allows for in vivo observation of neuronal ... ...

    Abstract The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is widely used as a model organism in the field of neurobiology. The wiring of the C. elegans nervous system has been entirely mapped, and the animal's optical transparency allows for in vivo observation of neuronal activity. The nematode is also small in size, self-fertilizing, and inexpensive to cultivate and maintain, greatly lending to its utility as a whole-animal model for high-throughput screening (HTS) in the nervous system. However, the use of this organism in large-scale screens presents unique technical challenges, including reversible immobilization of the animal, parallel single-animal culture and containment, automation of laser surgery, and high-throughput image acquisition and phenotyping. These obstacles require significant modification of existing techniques and the creation of new C. elegans-based HTS platforms. In this review, we outline these challenges in detail and survey the novel technologies and methods that have been developed to address them.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/anatomy & histology ; High-Throughput Screening Assays ; Humans ; Nervous System/metabolism
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-06-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1046640-x
    ISSN 1095-9327 ; 1044-7431
    ISSN (online) 1095-9327
    ISSN 1044-7431
    DOI 10.1016/j.mcn.2016.06.001
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  9. Book ; Online: Celeganser

    Wang, Linfeng / Kong, Shu / Pincus, Zachary / Fowlkes, Charless

    Automated Analysis of Nematode Morphology and Age

    2020  

    Abstract: The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) serves as an important model organism in a wide variety of biological studies. In this paper we introduce a pipeline for automated analysis of C. elegans imagery for the purpose of studying life-span, ... ...

    Abstract The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) serves as an important model organism in a wide variety of biological studies. In this paper we introduce a pipeline for automated analysis of C. elegans imagery for the purpose of studying life-span, health-span and the underlying genetic determinants of aging. Our system detects and segments the worm, and predicts body coordinates at each pixel location inside the worm. These coordinates provide dense correspondence across individual animals to allow for meaningful comparative analysis. We show that a model pre-trained to perform body-coordinate regression extracts rich features that can be used to predict the age of individual worms with high accuracy. This lays the ground for future research in quantifying the relation between organs' physiologic and biochemical state, and individual life/health-span.

    Comment: Computer Vision for Microscopy Image Analysis (CVMI) 2020
    Keywords Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
    Subject code 004
    Publishing date 2020-05-11
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  10. Article ; Online: Autofluorescence as a measure of senescence in C. elegans: look to red, not blue or green.

    Pincus, Zachary / Mazer, Travis C / Slack, Frank J

    Aging

    2016  Volume 8, Issue 5, Page(s) 889–898

    Abstract: In C. elegans, intestinal autofluorescence (sometimes referred to as lipofuscin or "age pigment") accumulates with age and is often used as a marker of health or the rate of aging. We show that this autofluorescent material is spectrally heterogeneous, ... ...

    Abstract In C. elegans, intestinal autofluorescence (sometimes referred to as lipofuscin or "age pigment") accumulates with age and is often used as a marker of health or the rate of aging. We show that this autofluorescent material is spectrally heterogeneous, and that materials that fluoresce under different excitation wavelengths have distinct biological properties. Red autofluorescence (visible with a TRITC filter set) correlates well with an individual's remaining days of life, and is therefore a candidate marker of health. In contrast, blue autofluorescence (via a DAPI filter set) is chiefly an indicator of an individual's incipient or recent demise. Thus, population averages of blue fluorescence essentially measure the fraction of dead or near-dead individuals. This is related to but distinct from the health of the living population. Green autofluorescence (via a FITC or GFP filter set) combines both properties, and is therefore ill suited as a marker of either death or health. Moreover, our results show that care must be taken to distinguish GFP expression near the time of death from full-body green autofluorescence. Finally, none of this autofluorescence increases after oxidative stress, suggesting that the material, or its biology in C. elegans, is distinct from lipofuscin as reported in the mammalian literature.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/physiology ; Cellular Senescence/physiology ; Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods ; Oxidative Stress/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ISSN 1945-4589
    ISSN (online) 1945-4589
    DOI 10.18632/aging.100936
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