Measuring biological age using omics data

J Rutledge, H Oh, T Wyss-Coray - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Age is the key risk factor for diseases and disabilities of the elderly. Efforts to tackle age-
related diseases and increase healthspan have suggested targeting the ageing process …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic regulation of aging: implications for interventions of aging and diseases

K Wang, H Liu, Q Hu, L Wang, J Liu, Z Zheng… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Aging is accompanied by the decline of organismal functions and a series of prominent
hallmarks, including genetic and epigenetic alterations. These aging-associated epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of epigenetic information as a cause of mammalian aging

JH Yang, M Hayano, PT Griffin, JA Amorim… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
All living things experience an increase in entropy, manifested as a loss of genetic and
epigenetic information. In yeast, epigenetic information is lost over time due to the …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous aging across multiple organ systems and prediction of chronic disease and mortality

YE Tian, V Cropley, AB Maier, NT Lautenschlager… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Biological aging of human organ systems reflects the interplay of age, chronic disease,
lifestyle and genetic risk. Using longitudinal brain imaging and physiological phenotypes …

[HTML][HTML] The landscape of aging

Y Cai, W Song, J Li, Y Jing, C Liang, L Zhang… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Aging is characterized by a progressive deterioration of physiological integrity, leading to
impaired functional ability and ultimately increased susceptibility to death. It is a major risk …

[HTML][HTML] Biological aging processes underlying cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disease

MM Gonzales, VR Garbarino, E Pollet… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are among the top contributors to
disability and mortality in later life. As with many chronic conditions, aging is the single most …

DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging

DW Belsky, A Caspi, DL Corcoran, K Sugden… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Background: Measures to quantify changes in the pace of biological aging in response to
intervention are needed to evaluate geroprotective interventions for humans. Previously, we …

[HTML][HTML] Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease

HSH Oh, J Rutledge, D Nachun, R Pálovics, O Abiose… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Animal studies show aging varies between individuals as well as between organs within an
individual,,–, but whether this is true in humans and its effect on age-related diseases is …

Making sense of the ageing methylome

K Seale, S Horvath, A Teschendorff, N Eynon… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Over time, the human DNA methylation landscape accrues substantial damage, which has
been associated with a broad range of age-related diseases, including cardiovascular …

An inflammatory aging clock (iAge) based on deep learning tracks multimorbidity, immunosenescence, frailty and cardiovascular aging

N Sayed, Y Huang, K Nguyen, Z Krejciova-Rajaniemi… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
While many diseases of aging have been linked to the immunological system, immune
metrics capable of identifying the most at-risk individuals are lacking. From the blood …