Evaluation of cell-specific epigenetic age acceleration in people with multiple sclerosis

V Maltby, A Xavier, E Ewing, MP Campagna… - Neurology, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives In multiple sclerosis (MS), accelerated aging of the immune
system (immunosenescence) may be associated with disease onset or drive progression …

Different epigenetic clocks reflect distinct pathophysiological features of multiple sclerosis

E Theodoropoulou, L Alfredsson, F Piehl, F Marabita… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Accumulating evidence links epigenetic age to diseases and age-related conditions,
but little is known about its association with multiple sclerosis (MS). Materials & methods: We …

Accelerated epigenetic age and cognitive decline among urban-dwelling adults

MA Beydoun, D Shaked, SM Tajuddin, J Weiss… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives Epigenetic modifications are closely linked with aging, but their relationship with
cognition remains equivocal. Given known sex differences in epigenetic aging, we explored …

Deciphering the role of immune cell composition in epigenetic age acceleration: Insights from cell‐type deconvolution applied to human blood epigenetic clocks

Z Zhang, SR Reynolds, HG Stolrow, JQ Chen… - Aging …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is a significant risk factor for various human disorders, and DNA methylation clocks
have emerged as powerful tools for estimating biological age and predicting health‐related …

Epigenetic clock indicates accelerated aging in glial cells of progressive multiple sclerosis patients

L Kular, D Klose, A Urdánoz-Casado… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory neurodegenerative disease of
the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by irreversible disability at later progressive …

Biological aging in multiple sclerosis

Y Zhang, J Atkinson, CE Burd… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is most likely to adopt a progressive clinical course during middle
age or beyond, and the number of older adults with MS is steadily increasing. Developing …

Accelerated epigenetic aging and decreased natural killer cells based on DNA methylation in patients with untreated major depressive disorder

R Shindo, T Tanifuji, S Okazaki, I Otsuka, T Shirai… - npj Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is known to cause significant disability. Genome-wide
DNA methylation (DNAm) profiles can be used to estimate biological aging and as …

Epigenetic age acceleration and cognitive decline: a twin study

V Vaccarino, M Huang, Z Wang, Q Hui… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Little is known about the role of DNA methylation (DNAm) epigenetic age
acceleration in cognitive decline. Using a twin study design, we examined whether DNAm …

[HTML][HTML] The NHANES Biological Age Index demonstrates accelerated aging in MS patients

AE Miner, JH Yang, RP Kinkel, JS Graves - Multiple Sclerosis and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Chronological age is associated with disability accumulation in multiple
sclerosis (MS). Biological age may give more precise estimates of aging pathways …

Immune aging in multiple sclerosis is characterized by abnormal CD4 T cell activation and increased frequencies of cytotoxic CD4 T cells with advancing age

L Zuroff, A Rezk, K Shinoda, DA Espinoza, Y Elyahu… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Immunosenescence (ISC) describes age-related changes in immune-system
composition and function. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a lifelong inflammatory condition …