Signaling pathways in rheumatoid arthritis: implications for targeted therapy

Q Ding, W Hu, R Wang, Q Yang, M Zhu, M Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incurable systemic autoimmune disease. Disease
progression leads to joint deformity and associated loss of function, which significantly …

Epigenetic clock: A promising biomarker and practical tool in aging

R Duan, Q Fu, Y Sun, Q Li - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
As a complicated process, aging is characterized by various changes at the cellular,
subcellular and nuclear levels, one of which is epigenetic aging. With increasing awareness …

A computational solution for bolstering reliability of epigenetic clocks: Implications for clinical trials and longitudinal tracking

AT Higgins-Chen, KL Thrush, Y Wang, CJ Minteer… - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
Epigenetic clocks are widely used aging biomarkers calculated from DNA methylation data,
but this data can be surprisingly unreliable. Here we show that technical noise produces …

WHO working definition of vitality capacity for healthy longevity monitoring

I Bautmans, V Knoop, JA Thiyagarajan… - The lancet Healthy …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Intrinsic capacity, a crucial concept in healthy ageing, is defined by WHO as" the composite
of all the physical and mental capacities that an individual can draw on at any point in time" …

Association of pace of aging measured by blood-based DNA methylation with age-related cognitive impairment and dementia

K Sugden, A Caspi, ML Elliott, KJ Bourassa… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives DNA methylation algorithms are increasingly used to estimate
biological aging; however, how these proposed measures of whole-organism biological …

Physical activity is associated with slower epigenetic ageing—Findings from the Rhineland study

FAU Fox, D Liu, MMB Breteler, NA Aziz - Aging Cell, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic ageing, ie, age‐associated changes in DNA methylation patterns, is a sensitive
marker of biological ageing, a major determinant of morbidity and functional decline. We …

Exposome and unhealthy aging: environmental drivers from air pollution to occupational exposures

T Pandics, D Major, V Fazekas-Pongor, Z Szarvas… - Geroscience, 2023 - Springer
The aging population worldwide is facing a significant increase in age-related non-
communicable diseases, including cardiovascular and brain pathologies. This …

Longitudinal phenotypic aging metrics in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

PL Kuo, JA Schrack, ME Levine, MD Shardell… - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
To define metrics of phenotypic aging, it is essential to identify biological and environmental
factors that influence the pace of aging. Previous attempts to develop aging metrics were …

The role of adolescent lifestyle habits in biological aging: A prospective twin study

A Kankaanpää, A Tolvanen, A Heikkinen, J Kaprio… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Background: Adolescence is a stage of fast growth and development. Exposures during
puberty can have long-term effects on health in later life. This study aims to investigate the …

Association of frailty with the incidence risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus in long-term cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study

X Cao, Z Yang, X Li, C Chen, EO Hoogendijk, J Zhang… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Comorbidities among cancer survivors remain a serious healthcare burden and
require appropriate management. Using two widely used frailty indicators, this study aimed …