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 age as a biomarker for cancer

CHE Lau, O Robinson - International Journal of Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is well established as an age‐associated disease, and there is substantial overlap in
the molecular, cellular and physiological changes observed with both ageing and the …

DNA methylation and healthy human aging

MJ Jones, SJ Goodman, MS Kobor - Aging cell, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The process of aging results in a host of changes at the cellular and molecular levels, which
include senescence, telomere shortening, and changes in gene expression. Epigenetic …

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 …

Current perspectives on the cellular and molecular features of epigenetic ageing

K Raj, S Horvath - Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
It has been noted for quite some time that DNA methylation levels decline with age. The
significance of this change remained unknown until it became possible to measure …

DNA methylation clocks in aging: categories, causes, and consequences

AE Field, NA Robertson, T Wang, A Havas, T Ideker… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Age-associated changes to the mammalian DNA methylome are well documented and
thought to promote diseases of aging, such as cancer. Recent studies have identified …

Back to the future: epigenetic clock plasticity towards healthy aging

K Declerck, WV Berghe - Mechanisms of ageing and development, 2018 - Elsevier
Aging is the most important risk factor for major human lifestyle diseases, including cancer,
neurological and cardiometabolic disorders. Due to the complex interplay between genetics …

Epigenetic clock: A promising biomarker and practical tool in aging

R Duan, Q Fu, Y Sun, Q Li - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
As a complicated process, aging is characterized by various changes at the cellular,
subcellular and nuclear levels, one of which is epigenetic aging. With increasing awareness …

Dynamic DNA methylation during aging: a “prophet” of age-related outcomes

FH Xiao, HT Wang, QP Kong - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The biological markers of aging used to predict physical health status in older people are of
great interest. Telomere shortening, which occurs during the process of cell replication, was …

Epigenetic clock: DNA methylation in aging

S Jiang, Y Guo - Stem cells international, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aging, which is accompanied by decreased organ function and increased disease
incidence, limits human lifespan and has attracted investigators for thousands of years. In …