With respect to gene subsets associated with certain biological processes (e.g., immunity and inflammation), CR opposed age-associated expression patterns.
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falciparum: 2.56, P. vivax 2.46 episodes / child / yr), P. falciparum and P. vivax infectious episodes showed strong but opposing age trends: P. falciparum incidence increased until the age of 30 months with little change thereafter, but incidence of P. vivax decreased significantly with age throughout the entire age range.
Covaci et al. (2008) proposed that opposing age trends for PCBs and PBDEs may suggest that PCBs have reached steady-state levels in human tissues.
This might explain the opposing age-associated DNA methylation changes in different tissues [43] and between fibroblasts and MSC.
As previously reported [2], we observed a large effect of CR in opposing age-related changes: CR reduced 921 (90%) age-related alterations in gene expression and 536 of these represented highly significant differences (P≤0.01) in expression between the old control and old CR groups (Figure 1A).
CR is thought to inhibit the progression of aging and to oppose age-related gene expression patterns.
It was expected that effects of CR and aging would be associated, with CR acting of oppose age-related changes in gene expression.
Furthermore, CR is thought to oppose age-associated gene expression patterns, but detailed statistical investigations of this hypothesis have not been carried out.
Lastly, based on this cross-study comparison of multiple datasets, it was of interest to statistically evaluate whether CR acted to oppose age-associated gene expression patterns.
On the other hand, CR decreased expression of Col3a1, and this effect would seem to mimic, rather than oppose, age-related decreases in Col3a1 expression.
