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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2025

Reactivation of retrotransposable elements is associated with environmental stress and ageing.

Francesco Della Valle, Pradeep Reddy, Alain Aguirre Vazquez, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Efficient profiling of total RNA in single cells with STORM-seq.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  8. Retrotransposon Protein L1 ORF1p Expression in Aging Central Nervous System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Francesco Della ValleAltos Labs, San Diego Institute of Science, San Diego, CA, USA.
Pradeep ReddyAltos Labs, San Diego Institute of Science, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9173-3845
Alain Aguirre VazquezAltos Labs, San Diego Institute of Science, San Diego, CA, USA.
Juan Carlos Izpisua BelmonteAltos Labs, San Diego Institute of Science, San Diego, CA, USA. jcbelmonte@altoslabs.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0557-8875

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retrotransposable elements (RTEs) are interspersed repetitive sequences that represent a large portion of eukaryotic genomes. Ancestral expansions of RTEs directly contributed to the shaping of these genomes and to the evolution of different species, particularly mammals. RTE activity is tightly regulated by different epigenetic mechanisms but this control becomes compromised as cells age and RTEs are reactivated. This dysregulation of RTEs leads to perturbation of cell function and organ and organismal homeostasis, which drives ageing and age-related disease. Environmental stress is associated with both ageing-related characteristics and the epigenetic mechanisms that control RTE activity, with accumulating evidence indicating that RTE reactivation mediates the effects of environmental stressors on ageing onset and progression. A better understanding of how RTEs are reactivated and their subsequent biological roles may help the development of therapies against ageing-related phenotypes and diseases.

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AgingRetroelementsStress, PhysiologicalAnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticHumansRetroelements

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