A rat epigenetic clock recapitulates phenotypic aging and co-localizes with heterochromatin

M Levine, RA McDevitt, M Meer, K Perdue… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Robust biomarkers of aging have been developed from DNA methylation in humans and
more recently, in mice. This study aimed to generate a novel epigenetic clock in rats—a …

Epigenetic age-predictor for mice based on three CpG sites

Y Han, M Eipel, J Franzen, V Sakk… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Epigenetic clocks for mice were generated based on deep-sequencing analysis of the
methylome. Here, we demonstrate that site-specific analysis of DNA methylation levels by …

Targeted methods for epigenetic age predictions in mice

Y Han, M Nikolić, M Gobs, J Franzen, G de Haan… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Age-associated DNA methylation reflects aspect of biological aging—therefore epigenetic
clocks for mice can elucidate how the aging process in this model organism is affected by …

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 …

Multi-tissue DNA methylation age predictor in mouse

TM Stubbs, MJ Bonder, AK Stark, F Krueger… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Background DNA methylation changes at a discrete set of sites in the human genome are
predictive of chronological and biological age. However, it is not known whether these …

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 …

Recalibrating the epigenetic clock: implications for assessing biological age in the human cortex

GL Shireby, JP Davies, PT Francis, J Burrage… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Human DNA methylation data have been used to develop biomarkers of ageing, referred to
as 'epigenetic clocks', which have been widely used to identify differences between …

Underlying features of epigenetic aging clocks in vivo and in vitro

Z Liu, D Leung, K Thrush, W Zhao, S Ratliff… - Aging cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic clocks, developed using DNA methylation data, have been widely used to
quantify biological aging in multiple tissues/cells. However, many existing epigenetic clocks …

Tick tock, tick tock: Mouse culture and tissue aging captured by an epigenetic clock

C Minteer, M Morselli, M Meer, J Cao… - Aging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is associated with dramatic changes to DNA methylation (DNAm), although the
causes and consequences of such alterations are unknown. Our ability to experimentally …

How to slow down the ticking clock: age-associated epigenetic alterations and related interventions to extend life span

AM Galow, S Peleg - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic alterations pose one major hallmark of organismal aging. Here, we provide an
overview on recent findings describing the epigenetic changes that arise during aging and …