“Epigenetic clocks”: Theory and applications in human biology

CP Ryan - American Journal of Human Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
All humans age, but how we age—and how fast—differs considerably from person to
person. This deviation between apparent age and chronological age is often referred to as …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between epigenetic age and the hallmarks of aging in human cells

S Kabacik, D Lowe, L Fransen, M Leonard, SL Ang… - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
Epigenetic clocks are mathematically derived age estimators that are based on
combinations of methylation values that change with age at specific CpGs in the genome …

Human epigenetic ageing is logarithmic with time across the entire lifespan

S Snir, C Farrell, M Pellegrini - Epigenetics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Epigenetic changes during ageing have been characterized by multiple epigenetic clocks
that allow the prediction of chronological age based on methylation status. Despite their …

DNA methylation-based biomarkers and the epigenetic clock theory of ageing

S Horvath, K Raj - Nature reviews genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Identifying and validating molecular targets of interventions that extend the human health
span and lifespan has been difficult, as most clinical biomarkers are not sufficiently …

Tracking the epigenetic clock across the human life course: a meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort data

RE Marioni, M Suderman, BH Chen… - The Journals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Epigenetic clocks based on DNA methylation yield high correlations with
chronological age in cross-sectional data. Due to a paucity of longitudinal data, it is not …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

CG Bell, R Lowe, PD Adams, AA Baccarelli, S Beck… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Epigenetic clocks comprise a set of CpG sites whose DNA methylation levels measure
subject age. These clocks are acknowledged as a highly accurate molecular correlate of …

Epigenetic aging: Biological age prediction and informing a mechanistic theory of aging

A Li, Z Koch, T Ideker - Journal of internal medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous studies have shown that epigenetic age—an individual's degree of aging based
on patterns of DNA methylation—can be computed and is associated with an array of factors …

Many chronological aging clocks can be found throughout the epigenome: Implications for quantifying biological aging

HL Porter, CA Brown, X Roopnarinesingh, CB Giles… - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic alterations are a hallmark of aging and age‐related diseases. Computational
models using DNA methylation data can create “epigenetic clocks” which are proposed to …

Epigenetic age prediction

DJ Simpson, T Chandra - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced age is the main common risk factor for cancer, cardiovascular disease and
neurodegeneration. Yet, more is known about the molecular basis of any of these groups of …

Assessment of epigenetic clocks as biomarkers of aging in basic and population research

ME Levine - The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The Geoscience paradigm suggests that targeting the aging process could delay or prevent
the risk of multiple major age-related diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease …