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 clocks in aging: categories, causes, and consequences

AE Field, NA Robertson, T Wang, A Havas, T Ideker… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Age-associated changes to the mammalian DNA methylome are well documented and
thought to promote diseases of aging, such as cancer. Recent studies have identified …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical biomarker-based biological aging and risk of cancer in the UK Biobank

JKL Mak, CE McMurran, R Kuja-Halkola, P Hall… - British journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Despite a clear link between aging and cancer, there has been inconclusive
evidence on how biological age (BA) may be associated with cancer incidence. Methods 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] The epigenetic clock as a predictor of disease and mortality risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PD Fransquet, J Wrigglesworth, RL Woods, ME Ernst… - Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
Background Ageing is one of the principal risk factors for many chronic diseases. However,
there is considerable between-person variation in the rate of ageing and individual …

DNA methylation-based age clocks: From age prediction to age reversion

R Noroozi, S Ghafouri-Fard, A Pisarek… - Ageing Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aging as an irretrievable occurrence throughout the entire life is characterized by a
progressive decline in physiological functionality and enhanced disease vulnerability …

Measuring aging and identifying aging phenotypes in cancer survivors

JL Guida, TA Ahles, D Belsky, J Campisi… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Observational data have shown that some cancer survivors develop chronic conditions like
frailty, sarcopenia, cardiac dysfunction, and mild cognitive impairment earlier and/or at a …

Methylation-based biological age and breast cancer risk

JK Kresovich, Z Xu, KM O'Brien… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Age is one of the strongest predictors of cancer, chronic disease, and mortality,
but biological responses to aging differ among people. Epigenetic DNA modifications have …

DNA methylation‐based biological aging and cancer risk and survival: Pooled analysis of seven prospective studies

PA Dugué, JK Bassett, JHE Joo… - … journal of cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The association between aging and cancer is complex. Recent studies have developed
measures of biological aging based on DNA methylation and called them “age …