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 …

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 …

Inflammation, Aging, and Cardiovascular Disease: JACC Review Topic of the Week

L Liberale, L Badimon, F Montecucco… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Aging and inflammation both contribute pivotally to cardiovascular (CV) and cerebrovascular
disease, the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. The concept of inflamm-aging …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in biological aging with a focus on human studies

S Hägg, J Jylhävä - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Aging is a complex biological process characterized by hallmark features accumulating over
the life course, shaping the individual's aging trajectory and subsequent disease risks. There …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation, epigenetics, and metabolism converge to cell senescence and ageing: the regulation and intervention

X Zhu, Z Chen, W Shen, G Huang, JM Sedivy… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Remarkable progress in ageing research has been achieved over the past decades.
General perceptions and experimental evidence pinpoint that the decline of physical …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

CG Bell, R Lowe, PD Adams, AA Baccarelli, S Beck… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Epigenetic clocks comprise a set of CpG sites whose DNA methylation levels measure
subject age. These clocks are acknowledged as a highly accurate molecular correlate of …

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 …

GrimAge outperforms other epigenetic clocks in the prediction of age-related clinical phenotypes and all-cause mortality

C McCrory, G Fiorito, B Hernandez… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The aging process is characterized by the presence of high interindividual variation between
individuals of the same chronical age prompting a search for biomarkers that capture this …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation GrimAge strongly predicts lifespan and healthspan

AT Lu, A Quach, JG Wilson, AP Reiner, A Aviv… - Aging (albany …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It was unknown whether plasma protein levels can be estimated based on DNA methylation
(DNAm) levels, and if so, how the resulting surrogates can be consolidated into a powerful …

Sleep and inflammation: partners in sickness and in health

MR Irwin - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
The discovery of reciprocal connections between the central nervous system, sleep and the
immune system has shown that sleep enhances immune defences and that afferent signals …