Dysfunctional epigenetic aging of the normal colon and colorectal cancer risk

T Wang, SK Maden, GE Luebeck, CI Li… - Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Background Chronological age is a prominent risk factor for many types of cancers including
colorectal cancer (CRC). Yet, the risk of CRC varies substantially between individuals, even …

Association of epigenetic clock with consensus molecular subtypes and overall survival of colorectal cancer

C Zheng, L Li, R Xu - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2019 - AACR
Background: Epigenetic clock, or DNA methylation age, has been shown to highly correlate
with chronologic age. Epigenetic age acceleration, the difference between DNA methylation …

A race-specific, DNA methylation analysis of aging in normal rectum: implications for the Biology of aging and its relationship to rectal cancer

MA Devall, X Sun, S Eaton, GS Cooper, JE Willis… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Racial disparities exist within colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and
mortality, with African Americans (AA) exhibiting a greater risk of developing and dying from …

Epigenetic aging: more than just a clock when it comes to cancer

M Yu, WD Hazelton, GE Luebeck, WM Grady - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
The incidence of cancer, adjusted for secular trends, is directly related to age, and advanced
chronologic age is one of the most significant risk factors for cancer. Organismal aging is …

DNA methylation as a biomarker of aging in epidemiologic studies

U Lim, MA Song - Cancer Epigenetics for Precision Medicine: Methods …, 2018 - Springer
Cancer is largely an aging disease. Accelerated biological aging may be the strongest
predictor of cancer and other chronic disease risks. In the absence of reliable and …

DNA methylation signatures and the contribution of age-associated methylomic drift to carcinogenesis in early-onset colorectal cancer

JE Joo, M Clendenning, EM Wong, C Rosty… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The role of DNA methylation in the carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer
(CRC) diagnosed< 50 years of age (early-onset CRC or EOCRC) is currently unknown. In …

Biological aging measures based on blood DNA methylation and risk of cancer: a prospective study

PA Dugué, JK Bassett, EM Wong, JHE Joo… - JNCI cancer …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background We previously investigated the association between 5 “first-generation”
measures of epigenetic aging and cancer risk in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study …

DNA methylation, aging, and cancer risk: a mini-review

L Chen, PA Ganz, ME Sehl - Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Accumulation of somatic mutations and genomic instability are hallmarks of both aging and
cancer. Epigenetic alterations occur across cell types and tissues with advancing age. DNA …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylome analysis identifies accelerated epigenetic ageing associated with postmenopausal breast cancer susceptibility

S Ambatipudi, S Horvath, F Perrier, C Cuenin… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aim of the study A vast majority of human malignancies are associated with ageing, and age
is a strong predictor of cancer risk. Recently, DNA methylation-based marker of ageing …

Obesity accelerates epigenetic aging in middle-aged but not in elderly individuals

T Nevalainen, L Kananen, S Marttila, J Jylhävä… - Clinical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Human aging is associated with profound changes in one of the major
epigenetic mechanisms, DNA methylation. Some of these changes occur in a clock-like …