Molecular and physiological manifestations and measurement of aging in humans

SS Khan, BD Singer, DE Vaughan - Aging cell, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biological aging is associated with a reduction in the reparative and regenerative potential
in tissues and organs. This reduction manifests as a decreased physiological reserve in …

Multi-omic underpinnings of epigenetic aging and human longevity

LA Mavromatis, DB Rosoff, AS Bell, J Jung… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Biological aging is accompanied by increasing morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs;
however, its molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we use multi-omic …

[HTML][HTML] Ageing transcriptome meta-analysis reveals similarities and differences between key mammalian tissues

D Palmer, F Fabris, A Doherty, AA Freitas… - Aging (Albany …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
By combining transcriptomic data with other data sources, inferences can be made about
functional changes during ageing. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis on 127 publicly …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan

ME Levine, AT Lu, A Quach, BH Chen… - Aging (albany …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Identifying reliable biomarkers of aging is a major goal in geroscience. While the first
generation of epigenetic biomarkers of aging were developed using chronological age as a …

Biological mechanisms of aging predict age‐related disease co‐occurrence in patients

HC Fraser, V Kuan, R Johnen, M Zwierzyna… - Aging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic, environmental, and pharmacological interventions into the aging process can
confer resistance to multiple age‐related diseases in laboratory animals, including rhesus …

Disparities in the pace of biological aging among midlife adults of the same chronological age have implications for future frailty risk and policy

ML Elliott, A Caspi, RM Houts, A Ambler, JM Broadbent… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Some humans age faster than others. Variation in biological aging can be measured in
midlife, but the implications of this variation are poorly understood. We tested associations …

Single-cell transcriptomic profiling of the aging mouse brain

M Ximerakis, SL Lipnick, BT Innes, SK Simmons… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The mammalian brain is complex, with multiple cell types performing a variety of diverse
functions, but exactly how each cell type is affected in aging remains largely unknown. Here …

The Aging Biomarker Consortium represents a new era for aging research in China

J Ren, M Song, W Zhang, JP Cai, F Cao, Z Cao… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The global population of older peo-ple is growing at an unprecedented rate, with the number
of people over 65 years of age expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2050. Given that aging is a …

Facing up to the global challenges of ageing

L Partridge, J Deelen, PE Slagboom - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Longer human lives have led to a global burden of late-life disease. However, some older
people experience little ill health, a trait that should be extended to the general population …

Brain aging comprises many modes of structural and functional change with distinct genetic and biophysical associations

SM Smith, LT Elliott, F Alfaro-Almagro, P McCarthy… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Brain imaging can be used to study how individuals' brains are aging, compared against
population norms. This can inform on aspects of brain health; for example, smoking and …