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 …

[PDF][PDF] Using DNA methylation profiling to evaluate biological age and longevity interventions

DA Petkovich, DI Podolskiy, AV Lobanov, SG Lee… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
The DNA methylation levels of certain CpG sites are thought to reflect the pace of human
aging. Here, we developed a robust predictor of mouse biological age based on 90 CpG …

A methylome-wide study of aging using massively parallel sequencing of the methyl-CpG-enriched genomic fraction from blood in over 700 subjects

JL McClay, KA Aberg, SL Clark, S Nerella… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The central importance of epigenetics to the aging process is increasingly being recognized.
Here we perform a methylome-wide association study (MWAS) of aging in whole blood DNA …

Global remodeling of the mouse DNA methylome during aging and in response to calorie restriction

A Sziráki, A Tyshkovskiy, VN Gladyshev - Aging cell, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is characterized by numerous molecular changes, such as accumulation of molecular
damage and altered gene expression, many of which are linked to DNA methylation. Here …

[HTML][HTML] The role of DNA methylation in epigenetics of aging

A Unnikrishnan, WM Freeman, J Jackson… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research suggests that epigenetics, especially DNA methylation, plays a mechanistic
role in aging. Epigenetic clocks, which measure changes in a few hundred specific CpG …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenome-wide association study of sex-specific chronological ageing

DL McCartney, F Zhang, RF Hillary, Q Zhang… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Advanced age is associated with cognitive and physical decline and is a major
risk factor for a multitude of disorders. There is also a gap in life expectancy between males …

[HTML][HTML] An integrative multi-scale analysis of the dynamic DNA methylation landscape in aging

T Yuan, Y Jiao, S de Jong, RA Ophoff, S Beck… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Recent studies have demonstrated that the DNA methylome changes with age. This
epigenetic drift may have deep implications for cellular differentiation and disease …

Cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in DNA methylation with age: an epigenome-wide analysis revealing over 60 novel age-associated CpG sites

I Florath, K Butterbach, H Müller… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the role of epigenetic modifications, eg DNA methylation, in the process of
aging requires the characterization of methylation patterns in large cohorts. We analysed> …

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

AT Lu, Z Fei, A Haghani, TR Robeck, JA Zoller, CZ Li… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Aging is often perceived as a degenerative process resulting from random accrual of cellular
damage over time. Despite this, age can be accurately estimated by epigenetic clocks based …

Profiling epigenetic age in single cells

A Trapp, C Kerepesi, VN Gladyshev - Nature Aging, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation dynamics have emerged as a promising biomarker of mammalian aging,
with multivariate machine learning models ('epigenetic clocks') enabling measurement of …