Could meditation affect height related genes?

Previously, scientific studies have shown that meditation could affect free radical levels and biophoton emissions.  There have been a few studies on meditation and it’s affects on gene expression but no genes seemed to be altered that could increase height during development or reinstate height growth in adults.

Rapid changes in histone deacetylases and inflammatory gene expression in expert meditators

“Here we explored the impact of a day of intensive practice of mindfulness meditation in experienced subjects (n = 19) on the expression of circadian, chromatin modulatory and inflammatory genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC){Ideally we’d like gene expression of the growth plate and bone marrow but this could give us some insight if meditation can alter any genes involved in development processes}. In parallel, we analyzed a control group of subjects with no meditation experience who engaged in leisure activities in the same environment (n = 21). PBMC from all participants were obtained before (t1) and after (t2) the intervention (t2 − t1 = 8 h) and gene expression was analyzed. Both groups were also presented with the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST).
Core clock gene expression at baseline (t1) was similar between groups and their rhythmicity was not influenced in meditators by the intensive day of practice. Similarly, we found that all the epigenetic regulatory enzymes and inflammatory genes analyzed exhibited similar basal expression levels in the two groups. In contrast, after the brief intervention we detected reduced expression of histone deacetylase genes (HDAC 2, 3 and 9), alterations in global modification of histones (H4ac; H3K4me3) and decreased expression of pro-inflammatory genes (RIPK2 and COX2) in meditators compared with controls. We found that the expression of RIPK2 and HDAC2 genes was associated with a faster cortisol recovery to the TSST in both groups.”

HDAC2 binds to the cartilage promotor Sox9 which is a height increase link there.  Although it is not necessarily a positive binding as HDAC2 did repress some cartilage specific genes like Col2a1 in one study.  Since Meditation reduces HDAC2 expression that could be beneficial to height growth.

H3K4me3 is associated with gene activation.  Thus raising the possibility that meditation alters genes other than those listed.  Jeffrey Baron thinks that declining H3K4me3 levels are associated with declining organ growth with ageElevated levels of H3K4me3 is associated with chondrogenesis.

“Increased telomerase activity was detected in response [to yogic meditation]”

” Rapid epigenetic changes in response to environmental exposures such as diet and physical exercise have also been detected in human peripheral tissues”

It seems with the genes above mentioned, that meditation has the ability to accelerate but not induce or increase chondrogenesis.  So, you’ll grow taller faster but not taller than you would have.
Meditation would accelerate growth by inhibiting HDAC2 which supresses chondrogenesis.  The elevated levels of H3K4me3 could be a sign of increased gene activation but it’s not likely that H3K4me3 is driving the gene activation.  Whether meditation can activate growth plate inducer genes or genes that enhance growth remains to be seen.

 

2 thoughts on “Could meditation affect height related genes?

  1. samkit

    You people are moving out of the topic . Now a days i m seeing posts other then height increasing research. And even admin now a days is saying that we might dont achieve our goal. Honestly speaking you people where only my hope. But now its seems to disappointing me. There are lots of people in world who want to increase height by alteast 3 inches. And i wanted to ask one question what happened about stem cell research of height increase? There was one post claiming that doctors in russia have found a way to increase height with help of stem cell and it will be available in 2013. But now its 2014 but no updates about that. Please dont get me wrong but its my feeling of being short u have spoke all my feelings here.. if it is possible please contact doctors in russia

    1. Lyvloev

      Everything is possible, we know that, so changing genetic or system of human being might take very long time, before 100 years ago electric energy was only to be seen in thunder, but now we use it for everything that we need, people are working, developing, you cannot speed that process, but help it by doing your effort or you can, life is complicated thing, if we would achieve everything and if everyone would be what wants, it wouldn’t be life. We’re really little beings that thing that can do much, but we cannot indeed. 3 inches is nothing, 1 ft is nothing, i want to grow and be big as universe and to never stop developing. Too bad I have to die same as you and everyone else 😉

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