Menopause accelerates biological aging

ME Levine, AT Lu, BH Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Although epigenetic processes have been linked to aging and disease in other systems, it is
not yet known whether they relate to reproductive aging. Recently, we developed a highly …

[HTML][HTML] New targeted approaches for epigenetic age predictions

Y Han, J Franzen, T Stiehl, M Gobs, CC Kuo, M Nikolić… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Age-associated DNA methylation changes provide a promising biomarker for
the aging process. While genome-wide DNA methylation profiles enable robust age …

[HTML][HTML] Continuous aging of the human DNA methylome throughout the human lifespan

Å Johansson, S Enroth, U Gyllensten - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
DNA methylation plays an important role in development of disease and the process of
aging. In this study we examine DNA methylation at 476,366 sites throughout the genome of …

[HTML][HTML] Human leukocyte telomere length is associated with DNA methylation levels in multiple subtelomeric and imprinted loci

JL Buxton, M Suderman, JJ Pappas, N Borghol… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
In humans, leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is positively correlated with lifespan and shorter
LTL is associated with increased risk of age-related disease. In this study we tested for …

[HTML][HTML] Human age prediction based on DNA methylation using a gradient boosting regressor

X Li, W Li, Y Xu - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
All tissues of organisms will become old as time goes on. In recent years, epigenetic
investigations have found that there is a close correlation between DNA methylation and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of tobacco smoking on the epigenetic age of human respiratory organs

X Wu, Q Huang, R Javed, J Zhong, H Gao, H Liang - Clinical epigenetics, 2019 - Springer
Background Smoking leads to the aging of organs. However, no studies have been
conducted to quantify the effect of smoking on the aging of respiratory organs and the aging …

[HTML][HTML] Telomeres and COVID‐19

A Aviv - The FASEB Journal, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The medical, public health, and scientific communities are grappling with monumental
imperatives to contain COVID‐19, develop effective vaccines, identify efficacious treatments …

[HTML][HTML] DeepMAge: a methylation aging clock developed with deep learning

F Galkin, P Mamoshina, K Kochetov… - Aging and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA methylation aging clocks have become an invaluable tool in biogerontology research
since their inception in 2013. Today, a variety of machine learning approaches have been …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide methylation profiles reveal quantitative views of human aging rates

G Hannum, J Guinney, L Zhao, LI Zhang, G Hughes… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
The ability to measure human aging from molecular profiles has practical implications in
many fields, including disease prevention and treatment, forensics, and extension of life …