Measuring biological age using omics data

J Rutledge, H Oh, T Wyss-Coray - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Age is the key risk factor for diseases and disabilities of the elderly. Efforts to tackle age-
related diseases and increase healthspan have suggested targeting the ageing process …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation GrimAge version 2

AT Lu, AM Binder, J Zhang, Q Yan, AP Reiner… - Aging (Albany …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We previously described a DNA methylation (DNAm) based biomarker of human mortality
risk DNAm GrimAge. Here we describe version 2 of GrimAge (trained on individuals aged …

The epigenetics of frailty

M Lozupone, V Solfrizzi, R Sardone, V Dibello… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The conceptual change of frailty, from a physical to a biopsychosocial phenotype, expanded
the field of frailty, including social and behavioral domains with critical interaction between …

Epigenetic and metabolomic biomarkers for biological age: a comparative analysis of mortality and frailty risk

LM Kuiper, HA Polinder-Bos, D Bizzarri… - The Journals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Biological age captures a person's age-related risk of unfavorable outcomes using
biophysiological information. Multivariate biological age measures include frailty scores and …

Epigenetic aging in older breast cancer survivors and noncancer controls: preliminary findings from the Thinking and Living with Cancer Study

KE Rentscher, TN Bethea, W Zhai, BJ Small, X Zhou… - Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cancer and its treatments may accelerate aging in survivors; however, research
has not examined epigenetic markers of aging in longer term breast cancer survivors. This …

Relationship between 5 epigenetic clocks, telomere length, and functional capacity assessed in older adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

VM Vetter, CH Kalies, Y Sommerer… - The Journals of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation age acceleration (DNAmAA, derived from an epigenetic clock) and relative
leukocyte telomere length (rLTL) are widely accepted biomarkers of aging. Nevertheless, it …

A molecular signature defining exercise adaptation with ageing and in vivo partial reprogramming in skeletal muscle

RG Jones III, A Dimet‐Wiley, A Haghani… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Exercise promotes functional improvements in aged tissues, but the extent to which it
simulates partial molecular reprogramming is unknown. Using transcriptome profiling from …

Grip strength is inversely associated with DNA methylation age acceleration

MD Peterson, S Collins, HCS Meier… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is a large body of evidence linking muscular weakness, as determined by
low grip strength, to a host of negative ageing‐related health outcomes. Given these links …

A DNA methylation based measure outperforms circulating CRP as a marker of chronic inflammation and partly reflects the monocytic response to long‐term …

CP Verschoor, C Vlasschaert, MJ Rauh, G Paré - Aging Cell, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A key hallmark in the age‐related dysfunction of physiological systems is disruption related
to the regulation of inflammation, often resulting in a chronic, low‐grade inflammatory state …

Linking stressful life events and chronic inflammation using suPAR (soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor)

KJ Bourassa, LJH Rasmussen, A Danese… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stressful life events have been linked to declining health, and inflammation has been
proposed as a physiological mechanism that might explain this association. Using 828 …