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Beyond genes and environment: mapping biological stochasticity in aging.

Adam J Hruby, Gilberto Garcia, Max A Thorwald, Caleb E Finch, Joshua Johnson, Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria

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Review in GeroScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. High frailty index scores predict mortality and changes in blood-based biomarkers in aging female mice.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Adam J HrubyLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Gilberto GarciaLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Max A ThorwaldLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Caleb E FinchLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Joshua JohnsonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, USA.
Ryo Higuchi-SanabriaLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA. ryo.sanabria@usc.edu.

Funding

Urban Air Pollution and Pathological Brain Aging: A Nationwide Twin Study in MenP01AG055367 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MACK, WILLIAM J · 2018 to 2022
$11.5M
USC Geroscience Training in the Biology of AgingT32AG052374 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Sean P CURRAN · 2016 to 2026
$5.3M
When actin’s not actin like actin: Nuclear actin impacts transcription and agingR01AG079806 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation 2022-A-010-SUPNational Science Foundation 2325259NIA NIH HHS P01 AG055367NIA NIH HHS R01 AG079806NIA NIH HHS R01AG079806NIA NIH HHS T32 AG052374NIA NIH HHS T32AG052374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is characterized by extensive variability in the onset of morbidity and mortality, even in genetically identical populations with carefully controlled environments. This points to the important role stochasticity plays in shaping the divergent aging process between individual organisms. Here, we survey how stochastic factors at the level of molecules, cells, tissues, and organisms manifest in and impact the aging process, with a focus on the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Findings of stochasticity in C. elegans give additional insights for aspects of aging in the more complex settings of mammals with parallels drawn between organisms when appropriate. The emerging understanding of the stochastic contributors to longevity will enhance research strategies and medical interventions for personalized medicine.

Indexed as

AgingLongevityAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansGene-Environment InteractionHumansStochastic ProcessesAgingStochasticityVariability

Identifiers

PMID40301228
PMCPMC12181498

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