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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

DNA methylation clocks and their predictive capacity for aging phenotypes and healthspan

T Bergsma, E Rogaeva - Neuroscience insights, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The number of age predictors based on DNA methylation (DNAm) profile is rising due to
their potential in predicting healthspan and application in age-related illnesses, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Biohorology and biomarkers of aging: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities

F Galkin, P Mamoshina, A Aliper… - Ageing Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aging process results in multiple traceable footprints, which can be quantified and used
to estimate an organism's age. Examples of such aging biomarkers include epigenetic …

Age and life expectancy clocks based on machine learning analysis of mouse frailty

MB Schultz, AE Kane, SJ Mitchell… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The identification of genes and interventions that slow or reverse aging is hampered by the
lack of non-invasive metrics that can predict the life expectancy of pre-clinical models. Frailty …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of environmental, lifestyle, and health factors associated with DNA methylation age

J Ryan, J Wrigglesworth, J Loong… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation (DNAm) algorithms of biological age provide a robust estimate of an
individual's chronological age and can predict their risk of age-related disease and mortality …

Racial discrimination and telomere shortening among African Americans: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.

DH Chae, Y Wang, CD Martz, N Slopen, T Yip… - Health …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Telomeres are protective sequences of DNA capping the ends of chromosomes
that shorten over time. Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is posited to reflect the replicative …

[HTML][HTML] Social hallmarks of aging: Suggestions for geroscience research

EM Crimmins - Ageing research reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the social hallmarks of aging including low lifetime socioeconomic
status, adversity in childhood and adulthood, being a member of a minority group, adverse …