[HTML][HTML] Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

AT Lu, Z Fei, A Haghani, TR Robeck, JA Zoller, CZ Li… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Aging, often considered a result of random cellular damage, can be accurately estimated
using DNA methylation profiles, the foundation of pan-tissue epigenetic clocks. Here, we …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial neural network, predictor variables and sensitivity threshold for DNA methylation-based age prediction using blood samples

Z Thong, JYY Tan, ES Loo, YW Phua, XLS Chan… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Regression models are often used to predict age of an individual based on methylation
patterns. Artificial neural network (ANN) however was recently shown to be more accurate …

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 …

Clock work: Deconstructing the epigenetic clock signals in aging, disease, and reprogramming

ME Levine, A Higgins-Chen, K Thrush, C Minteer… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Epigenetic clocks have come to be regarded as powerful tools for estimating aging.
However, a major drawback in their application is our lack of mechanistic understanding. We …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity accelerates epigenetic aging in middle-aged but not in elderly individuals

T Nevalainen, L Kananen, S Marttila, J Jylhävä… - Clinical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Human aging is associated with profound changes in one of the major
epigenetic mechanisms, DNA methylation. Some of these changes occur in a clock-like …

Prenatal and early life influences on epigenetic age in children: a study of mother–offspring pairs from two cohort studies

AJ Simpkin, G Hemani, M Suderman… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation-based biomarkers of aging are highly correlated with actual age.
Departures of methylation-estimated age from actual age can be used to define epigenetic …

DNA methylation clocks and their predictive capacity for aging phenotypes and healthspan

T Bergsma, E Rogaeva - Neuroscience insights, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The number of age predictors based on DNA methylation (DNAm) profile is rising due to
their potential in predicting healthspan and application in age-related illnesses, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related DNA methylation changes are tissue-specific with ELOVL2 promoter methylation as exception

RC Slieker, CL Relton, TR Gaunt, PE Slagboom… - Epigenetics & …, 2018 - Springer
Background The well-established association of chronological age with changes in DNA
methylation is primarily founded on the analysis of large sets of blood samples, while …

DNA methylation clocks for dogs and humans

S Horvath, AT Lu, A Haghani… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
DNA methylation profiles have been used to develop biomarkers of aging known as
epigenetic clocks, which predict chronological age with remarkable accuracy and show …