Integrating DNA methylation measures of biological aging into social determinants of health research

L Raffington, DW Belsky - Current Environmental Health Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Acceleration of biological processes of aging is hypothesized to
drive excess morbidity and mortality in socially disadvantaged populations. DNA methylation …

Epigenetic aging as a biomarker of dementia and related outcomes: a systematic review

A Zhou, Z Wu, AZ Zaw Phyo, D Torres… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Biological aging may be a robust biomarker of dementia or cognitive
performance. This systematic review synthesized the evidence for an association between …

In utero exposure to the Great Depression is reflected in late-life epigenetic aging signatures

LL Schmitz, V Duque - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Research on maternal-fetal epigenetic programming argues that adverse exposures to the
intrauterine environment can have long-term effects on adult morbidity and mortality …

Association of unhealthy lifestyle and childhood adversity with acceleration of aging among UK biobank participants

G Yang, X Cao, X Li, J Zhang, C Ma, N Zhang… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Accelerated aging makes adults more vulnerable to chronic diseases and death.
Whether childhood adversity is associated with accelerated aging processes, and to what …

Retinal photograph-based deep learning predicts biological age, and stratifies morbidity and mortality risk

S Nusinovici, TH Rim, M Yu, G Lee, YC Tham… - Age and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background ageing is an important risk factor for a variety of human pathologies. Biological
age (BA) may better capture ageing-related physiological changes compared with …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal phenotypic aging metrics in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

PL Kuo, JA Schrack, ME Levine, MD Shardell… - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
To define metrics of phenotypic aging, it is essential to identify biological and environmental
factors that influence the pace of aging. Previous attempts to develop aging metrics were …

Testing Black-White disparities in biological aging among older adults in the United States: analysis of DNA-methylation and blood-chemistry methods

GH Graf, CL Crowe, M Kothari, D Kwon… - American journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Biological aging is a proposed mechanism through which social determinants drive health
disparities. We conducted proof-of-concept testing of 8 DNA-methylation (DNAm) and blood …

Low serum klotho associated with all-cause mortality among a nationally representative sample of American adults

JK Kresovich, CM Bulka - The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract α-Klotho (klotho) is a protein involved in suppressing oxidative stress and
inflammation. In animal models, it is reported to underlie numerous aging phenotypes and …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes mellitus correlates with increased biological age as indicated by clinical biomarkers

N Bahour, B Cortez, H Pan, H Shah, A Doria… - Geroscience, 2022 - Springer
Chronological age (CA) is determined by time of birth, whereas biological age (BA) is based
on changes on a cellular level and strongly correlates with morbidity, mortality, and …

Immunological theory of aging

T Fulop, JM Witkowski, A Larbi, AA Cohen… - … of gerontology and …, 2022 - Springer
Age-related alterations of the immune system represent a complex, multifactorial, and poorly
understood series of events that affect both the innate and adaptive compartments …