DNA methylation-based biomarkers and the epigenetic clock theory of ageing

S Horvath, K Raj - Nature reviews genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Identifying and validating molecular targets of interventions that extend the human health
span and lifespan has been difficult, as most clinical biomarkers are not sufficiently …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation biomarkers in aging and age-related diseases

Y Salameh, Y Bejaoui, N El Hajj - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent research efforts provided compelling evidence of genome-wide DNA methylation
alterations in aging and age-related disease. It is currently well established that DNA …

Epigenetic age prediction

DJ Simpson, T Chandra - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced age is the main common risk factor for cancer, cardiovascular disease and
neurodegeneration. Yet, more is known about the molecular basis of any of these groups of …

Epigenetic aging: more than just a clock when it comes to cancer

M Yu, WD Hazelton, GE Luebeck, WM Grady - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
The incidence of cancer, adjusted for secular trends, is directly related to age, and advanced
chronologic age is one of the most significant risk factors for cancer. Organismal aging is …

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 …

“Epigenetic clocks”: Theory and applications in human biology

CP Ryan - American Journal of Human Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
All humans age, but how we age—and how fast—differs considerably from person to
person. This deviation between apparent age and chronological age is often referred to as …

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 …

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 …

Human epigenetic ageing is logarithmic with time across the entire lifespan

S Snir, C Farrell, M Pellegrini - Epigenetics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Epigenetic changes during ageing have been characterized by multiple epigenetic clocks
that allow the prediction of chronological age based on methylation status. Despite their …

Epigenetic aging: Biological age prediction and informing a mechanistic theory of aging

A Li, Z Koch, T Ideker - Journal of internal medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous studies have shown that epigenetic age—an individual's degree of aging based
on patterns of DNA methylation—can be computed and is associated with an array of factors …