Eur J Ageing. 2022 Nov 23;19(4):1587-1599. doi: 10.1007/s10433-022-00745-8. eCollection 2022 Dec. ABSTRACT Life satisfaction is an essential construct of well-being that is tied to behavioral, emotional, social and psychological outcomes. This study aimed to examine changes in total and domain-specific life satisfaction during the retirement transition and additionally examine whether…
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Meanings Attributed to Physical Activity and Changes in Self-Reported and Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity among Recent Retirees
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 23;19(23):15567. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192315567. ABSTRACT Retirement poses opportunities and challenges for maintaining and adopting physically active habits, which may have major implications for health and functional ability in later life. Qualitative studies suggest that a broad range of meanings of physical activity should…
Treatment of congenital hypothyroidism – impact of secular changes in levothyroxine initial dose on early growth
Horm Res Paediatr. 2022 Dec 7. doi: 10.1159/000528567. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Newborn screening of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has enabled early treatment with levothyroxine (LT4), ensuring normal growth and development. The initial LT4 dose recommendation has increased over decades. We evaluated whether the increased LT4 dosing influenced thyroid-stimulating…
Genetic analyses implicate complex links between adult testosterone levels and health and disease
Commun Med (Lond). 2023 Jan 18;3(1):4. doi: 10.1038/s43856-022-00226-0. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Testosterone levels are linked with diverse characteristics of human health, yet, whether these associations reflect correlation or causation remains debated. Here, we provide a broad perspective on the role of genetically determined testosterone on complex diseases in both sexes. METHODS:…
Inflammatory biomarkers after an exercise intervention in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors
EJHaem. 2022 Sep 29;3(4):1188-1200. doi: 10.1002/jha2.588. eCollection 2022 Nov. ABSTRACT Cancer survivors show increased risk for non-communicable diseases and chronic low-grade inflammation characterizes the development of such diseases. We investigated inflammatory plasma protein profiles of survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in comparison to healthy controls and after an…
Polygenic risk for neuroticism is associated with externalizing symptoms in 2-year-old boys
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 20;123:110720. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110720. Epub 2023 Jan 14. ABSTRACT Recent advances in genome-wide association studies have enabled the estimation of genetic risk of complex traits, including neuroticism, with polygenic risk scores (PRS). Neuroticism PRS has been associated with psychiatric disorders and symptoms in adults, but…
STAGETOOL, a Novel Automated Approach for Mouse Testis Histological Analysis
Endocrinology. 2022 Dec 19;164(2):bqac202. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqac202. ABSTRACT Spermatogenesis is a complex differentiation process that takes place in the seminiferous tubules. A specific organization of spermatogenic cells within the seminiferous epithelium enables a synchronous progress of germ cells at certain steps of differentiation on the spermatogenic pathway. This can be observed…
Intermitochondrial cement (IMC) harbors piRNA biogenesis machinery and exonuclease domain-containing proteins EXD1 and EXD2 in mouse spermatocytes
Andrology. 2023 May;11(4):710-723. doi: 10.1111/andr.13361. Epub 2023 Jan 9. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Germ granules are large cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein complexes that emerge in the germline to participate in RNA regulation. The two most prominent germ granules are the intermitochondrial cement (IMC) in meiotic spermatocytes and the chromatoid body (CB) in haploid round…
Long-term residential sunlight exposure associated with cognitive function among adults residing in Finland
Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 2;12(1):20818. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25336-6. ABSTRACT While sunlight may influence cognitive function through several pathways, associations of residential sunlight exposure with cognitive function are not well known. We evaluated associations of long-term residential sunlight exposure with cognitive function among a representative cohort of 1838 Finnish adults residing in…
A new blood based epigenetic age predictor for adolescents and young adults
Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 9;13(1):2303. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29381-7. ABSTRACT Children have special rights for protection compared to adults in our society. However, more than 1/4 of children globally have no documentation of their date of birth. Hence, there is a pressing need to develop biological methods for chronological age prediction, robust…
