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] DNA methylation profile is a quantitative measure of biological aging in children

X Wu, W Chen, F Lin, Q Huang, J Zhong, H Gao… - Aging (Albany …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA methylation changes within the genome can be used to predict human age. However,
the existing biological age prediction models based on DNA methylation are predominantly …

More than bad luck: cancer and aging are linked to replication-driven changes to the epigenome

CJ Minteer, K Thrush, J Gonzalez, P Niimi… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Aging is a leading risk factor for cancer. While it is proposed that age-related accumulation
of somatic mutations drives this relationship, it is likely not the full story. We show that aging …

Age-associated epigenetic drift: implications, and a case of epigenetic thrift?

AE Teschendorff, J West, S Beck - Human molecular genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
It is now well established that the genomic landscape of DNA methylation (DNAm) gets
altered as a function of age, a process we here call 'epigenetic drift'. The biological …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship of tobacco smoking and smoking-related DNA methylation with epigenetic age acceleration

X Gao, Y Zhang, LP Breitling, H Brenner - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent studies have identified biomarkers of chronological age based on DNA methylation
levels. Since active smoking contributes to a wide spectrum of aging-related diseases in …

Distinct DNA methylation changes highly correlated with chronological age in the human brain

DG Hernandez, MA Nalls, JR Gibbs… - Human molecular …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Methylation at CpG sites is a critical epigenetic modification in mammals. Altered DNA
methylation has been suggested to be a central mechanism in development, some disease …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

BH Chen, RE Marioni, E Colicino, MJ Peters… - Aging (Albany …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Estimates of biological age based on DNA methylation patterns, often referred to as
“epigenetic age”,“DNAm age”, have been shown to be robust biomarkers of age in humans …

Causality-enriched epigenetic age uncouples damage and adaptation

K Ying, H Liu, AE Tarkhov, MC Sadler, AT Lu, M Moqri… - Nature aging, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning models based on DNA methylation data can predict biological
age but often lack causal insights. By harnessing large-scale genetic data through …

Genome-wide age-related DNA methylation changes in blood and other tissues relate to histone modification, expression and cancer

Z Xu, JA Taylor - Carcinogenesis, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetic marks are extensively altered in cancer but may also change in normal tissues
with age, which is the primary risk factor for most cancers. We conducted an epigenome …

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 …