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Natural disaster

Exposure

2 papers study it2 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: National Institute on Aging and 2 more
  • Animals1

Outcomes

2

Inflammation

upin rhesus monkeys1

1 study

  1. Natural disaster induces inflammation in rhesus monkeys.

    “Living through an intense hurricane and its aftermath was associated with expression of key immune genes, dysregulated proteostasis networks, and greater expression of inflammatory immune cell-specific marker genes.”

    Animalsafter Hurricane Maria

    Natural disaster and immunological aging in a nonhuman primate

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaFeb 9, 2022

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Transcriptomic age

upin rhesus monkeys1

1 study

  1. Natural disaster increases transcriptomic age in rhesus monkeys (1.96 y older).

    “individuals exposed to the hurricane had a gene expression profile that was, on average, 1.96 y older than individuals that were not”

    Animalsafter Hurricane Maria

    Natural disaster and immunological aging in a nonhuman primate

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaFeb 9, 2022

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Funding

1 grant since 2020

National Institute on AgingUS$608.5k

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