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Here, mouse models from a young to old age were established including <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic injection (ICSI), and <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> fertilized groups. In our results, significantly higher plasma levels of CRP, IgM, and IgG were identified in the aged ICSI mice. Additionally, pulmonary inflammation was found in four aged ART mice. At three weeks, ART mice showed significantly downregulated levels of <jats:italic>Scap<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Srebp-1a<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Srebp-1c<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Srebf2<\/jats:italic> mRNA in the lung. At the same time, significant differences in the DNA methylation rates of <jats:italic>Scap<\/jats:italic>-<jats:italic>Srebfs<\/jats:italic> and protein expression of nuclear forms of SREBPs (nSREBPs) were detected in the ART groups. Only abnormalities in the expression levels of <jats:italic>Srebp-1a<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Srebp-1c<\/jats:italic> mRNA and nSREBP1 protein were found in the ART groups at 10 weeks. However, at 1.5 years old, aberrant expression levels and DNA methylation of SCAP, SREBP1, and SREBP2, and their associated target genes, were observed in the lung of the ART groups. 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