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 …

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 …

Epigenetic clock: just a convenient marker or an active driver of aging?

VV Ashapkin, LI Kutueva, BF Vanyushin - … studies in aging and anti-aging …, 2019 - Springer
A global DNA hypomethylation and local changes in the methylation levels of specific DNA
loci occur during aging in mammals. Global hypomethylation mainly affects highly …

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 …

Posttraumatic psychopathology and the pace of the epigenetic clock: a longitudinal investigation

EJ Wolf, MW Logue, FG Morrison, ES Wilcox… - Psychological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and stress/trauma exposure are cross-
sectionally associated with advanced DNA methylation age relative to chronological age …

Missing value estimation methods for DNA methylation data

P Di Lena, C Sala, A Prodi, C Nardini - Bioinformatics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Motivation DNA methylation is a stable epigenetic mark with major implications in both
physiological (development, aging) and pathological conditions (cancers and numerous …

Impact of a diet and activity health promotion intervention on regional patterns of DNA methylation

E Hibler, L Huang, J Andrade, B Spring - Clinical Epigenetics, 2019 - Springer
Background Studies demonstrate the impact of diet and physical activity on epigenetic
biomarkers, specifically DNA methylation. However, no intervention studies have examined …

Shift work, DNA methylation and epigenetic age

AJ White, JK Kresovich, Z Xu… - International journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Shift work has been associated with increased risk of age-related morbidity and
mortality. Biological age, estimated using DNA methylation (DNAm), may quantify the …

DNA methylation correlates of PTSD: Recent findings and technical challenges

FG Morrison, MW Miller, MW Logue, M Assef… - Progress in Neuro …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that epigenetic factors play a critical role in posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), by mediating the impact of environmental exposures to trauma on …

A longitudinal, epigenome-wide study of DNA methylation in anorexia nervosa: results in actively ill, partially weight-restored, long-term remitted and non-eating …

H Steiger, L Booij, E Kahan, K McGregor, L Thaler… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2019 - jpn.ca
Background: This study explored state-related tendencies in DNA methylation in people with
anorexia nervosa. Methods: We measured genome-wide DNA methylation in 75 women …