Transdiagnostic evaluation of epigenetic age acceleration and burden of psychiatric disorders

N Yusupov, L Dieckmann, M Erhart, S Sauer… - …, 2023 - nature.com
Different psychiatric disorders as well as exposure to adverse life events have individually
been associated with multiple age-related diseases and mortality. Age acceleration in …

An epigenetic predictor of death captures multi-modal measures of brain health

RF Hillary, AJ Stevenson, SR Cox, DL McCartney… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Individuals of the same chronological age exhibit disparate rates of biological ageing.
Consequently, a number of methodologies have been proposed to determine biological age …

Accelerated epigenetic ageing in major depressive disorder

HC Whalley, J Gibson, R Marioni, RM Walker… - BioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe, heritable psychiatric disorder
associated with shortened lifespan and comorbidities of advancing age. It is unknown …

Association of neighborhood deprivation and depressive symptoms with epigenetic age acceleration: evidence from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging

D Joshi, FJ van Lenthe, M Huisman… - The Journals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Neighborhood deprivation and depression have been linked to epigenetic age
acceleration. The next-generation epigenetic clocks including the DNA methylation (DNAm) …

Older molecular brain age in severe mental illness

CW Lin, LC Chang, T Ma, H Oh, B French… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders are associated with accelerated aging and enhanced risk for
neurodegenerative disorders. Brain aging is associated with molecular, cellular, and …

The cutting edge of epigenetic clocks: In search of mechanisms linking aging and mental health

ZM Harvanek, MP Boks, CH Vinkers… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Individuals with psychiatric disorders are at increased risk of age-related diseases and early
mortality. Recent studies demonstrate that this link between mental health and aging is …

Schizophrenia and epigenetic aging biomarkers: increased mortality, reduced cancer risk, and unique clozapine effects

AT Higgins-Chen, MP Boks, CH Vinkers, RS Kahn… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Schizophrenia (SZ) is associated with increased all-cause mortality, smoking,
and age-associated proteins, yet multiple previous studies found no association between SZ …

Epigenetic GrimAge acceleration and cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder

CNC Lima, R Suchting, G Scaini, VA Cuellar… - European …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bipolar disorder (BD) has been previously associated with clinical signs of premature aging,
including accelerated epigenetic aging in blood and brain, and a steeper age-related …

Dissecting the genetic overlap between severe mental disorders and markers of cellular aging: Identification of pleiotropic genes and druggable targets

C Pisanu, D Congiu, A Meloni, P Paribello… - …, 2024 - nature.com
Patients with severe mental disorders such as bipolar disorder (BD), schizophrenia (SCZ)
and major depressive disorder (MDD) show a substantial reduction in life expectancy …

Brain age predicts mortality

JH Cole, SJ Ritchie, ME Bastin, V Hernández… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Age-associated disease and disability are placing a growing burden on society. However,
ageing does not affect people uniformly. Hence, markers of the underlying biological ageing …