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Ageing is characterized by the perturbation in cellular homeostasis associated with genomic instability, telomere attrition, epigenetic alterations, loss of proteostasis, deregulated nutrient sensing, mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, stem cell exhaustion and altered intracellular communication. Changes in the epigenome represent one of the crucial mechanisms during ageing and in age-related disorders. The ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers are an evolutionarily conserved family of nucleosome remodelling factors and generally regulate DNA repair, replication, recombination, transcription and cell cycle. Here, we review the chromatin based epigenetic changes that occur in ageing and age-related disorders with a specific reference to chromatin remodelers. We also discuss the link between dietary restriction and chromatin remodelers in regulating age-related processes with a view for consideration in future intervention studies.
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Authors thank the Department of Biochemistry, NEHU and the UGC-DRSIII programme for laboratory facilities. PBS deeply acknowledges funding from the University Grants Commission (UGC) under the D S Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship (DSKPF) scheme (File No. F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/BL/18-19/0273).
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Swer, P.B., Sharma, R. ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers in ageing and age-related disorders. Biogerontology 22, 1–17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10522-020-09899-3
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