Measuring biological aging in humans: A quest

L Ferrucci, M Gonzalez‐Freire, E Fabbri… - Aging cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The global population of individuals over the age of 65 is growing at an unprecedented rate
and is expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2050. Most older individuals are affected by multiple …

Biological Versus Chronological Aging: JACC Focus Seminar

MR Hamczyk, RM Nevado, A Barettino, V Fuster… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Aging is the main risk factor for vascular disease and ensuing cardiovascular and
cerebrovascular events, the leading causes of death worldwide. In a progressively aging …

[HTML][HTML] Sexual-dimorphism in human immune system aging

EJ Márquez, C Chung, R Marches, RJ Rossi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Differences in immune function and responses contribute to health-and life-span disparities
between sexes. However, the role of sex in immune system aging is not well understood …

Quantification of the pace of biological aging in humans through a blood test, the DunedinPoAm DNA methylation algorithm

DW Belsky, A Caspi, L Arseneault, A Baccarelli… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Biological aging is the gradual, progressive decline in system integrity that occurs with
advancing chronological age, causing morbidity and disability. Measurements of the pace of …

Biological aging in childhood and adolescence following experiences of threat and deprivation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

NL Colich, ML Rosen, ES Williams… - Psychological …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Life history theory argues that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and …

Longitudinal trajectories, correlations and mortality associations of nine biological ages across 20-years follow-up

X Li, A Ploner, Y Wang, PKE Magnusson, C Reynolds… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Biological age measurements (BAs) assess aging-related physiological change and predict
health risks among individuals of the same chronological age (CA). Multiple BAs have been …

Circulating tumor DNA methylation profiles enable early diagnosis, prognosis prediction, and screening for colorectal cancer

H Luo, Q Zhao, W Wei, L Zheng, S Yi, G Li… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has emerged as a useful diagnostic and prognostic
biomarker in many cancers. Here, we conducted a study to investigate the potential use of …

[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] Urine DNA methylation assay enables early detection and recurrence monitoring for bladder cancer

X Chen, J Zhang, W Ruan, M Huang… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Current methods for the detection and surveillance of bladder cancer (BCa)
are often invasive and/or possess suboptimal sensitivity and specificity, especially in early …

[HTML][HTML] What is new in the exposome?

P Vineis, O Robinson, M Chadeau-Hyam… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
The exposome concept refers to the totality of exposures from a variety of external and
internal sources including chemical agents, biological agents, or radiation, from conception …