Epigenetics applied to child and adolescent mental health: Progress, challenges and opportunities

CAM Cecil, A Neumann, E Walton - JCPP advances, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Epigenetic processes are fast emerging as a promising molecular system in the
search for both biomarkers and mechanisms underlying human health and disease risk …

Utilizing epigenetics to study the shared nature of development and biological aging across the lifespan

L Raffington - npj Science of Learning, 2024 - nature.com
Recently, biological aging has been quantified in DNA-methylation samples of older adults
and applied as so-called “methylation profile scores”(MPSs) in separate target samples …

Structural racism in primary schools and changes in epigenetic age acceleration among Black and White youth

CD Martz, AD Benner, BJ Goosby, C Mitchell… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Structural racism generates racial inequities in US primary education, including segregated
schools, inequitable funding and resources, racial disparities in discipline and achievement …

Salivary epigenetic measures of body mass index and social determinants of health across childhood and adolescence

L Raffington, L Schneper, T Mallard, J Fisher… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Children who are socioeconomically disadvantaged are at increased risk for
high body mass index (BMI) and multiple diseases in adulthood. The developmental origins …

Associations of socioeconomic disparities with buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging

L Raffington, T Schwaba, M Aikins, D Richter… - Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Individuals who are socioeconomically disadvantaged are at increased risk for
aging-related diseases and perform less well on tests of cognitive function. The weathering …

[HTML][HTML] Pace of aging, family environment and cognitive skills in children and adolescents

G Niccodemi, G Menta, J Turner, C d'Ambrosio - SSM-Population Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Pace of aging is an epigenetic clock which captures the speed at which someone is
biologically aging compared to the chronological-age peers. We here use data from the …

Perinatal influences on academic achievement and the developing brain: a scoping systematic review

D Schneider, F Bouhali, CG Richter… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction and methods In this PRISMA-compliant systematic review, we identify and
synthesize the findings of research in which neuroimaging and assessments of achievement …

Ethnic/racial disparities in DNA methylation age profiles across the lifespan

J Del Toro, C Freilich, G Rea-Sandin, K Markon… - 2023 - osf.io
Ethnic/racial disparities in DNA methylation age profiles have been commonly captured in
relatively small, community samples of individuals from a single age group. Whether such …

Beyond a Shared History: A Biosocial Perspective on Sociogenomics and Racism in Germany

MAN Aikins, YE Willems, D Fraemke… - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift …, 2024 - Springer
Recent advances in sociogenomics offer new opportunities to integrate genetic and
epigenetic measures into social science research on human lifespan development. Now …

Negative parenting, epigenetic age, and psychological problems: prospective associations from adolescence to young adulthood

S Mastrotheodoros, MP Boks… - Journal of Child …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Epigenetic clocks are based on DNA methylation levels of several genomic loci
and have been developed as indices of biological aging. Studies examining the effects of …