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 …

DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations

PD Yousefi, M Suderman, R Langdon… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation data have become a valuable source of information for biomarker
development, because, unlike static genetic risk estimates, DNA methylation varies …

Genetic impacts on DNA methylation: research findings and future perspectives

S Villicaña, JT Bell - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Multiple recent studies highlight that genetic variants can have strong impacts on a
significant proportion of the human DNA methylome. Methylation quantitative trait loci, or …

70-year legacy of the Framingham Heart Study

C Andersson, AD Johnson, EJ Benjamin… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) was established in 1948 to improve
understanding of the epidemiology of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the USA. In 1961 …

Cognitive impairment and dementia after stroke: design and rationale for the DISCOVERY study

NS Rost, JF Meschia, R Gottesman, L Wruck, K Helmer… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Stroke is a leading cause of the adult disability epidemic in the United States, with a major
contribution from poststroke cognitive impairment and dementia (PSCID), the rates of which …

Blood leukocyte DNA methylation predicts risk of future myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease: a longitudinal study of 11 461 participants from population …

G Agha, MM Mendelson, CK Ward-Caviness… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: DNA methylation is implicated in coronary heart disease (CHD), but current
evidence is based on small, cross-sectional studies. We examined blood DNA methylation …

Genome-wide identification of DNA methylation QTLs in whole blood highlights pathways for cardiovascular disease

T Huan, R Joehanes, CI Song, F Peng, Y Guo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Identifying methylation quantitative trait loci (meQTLs) and integrating them with disease-
associated variants from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) may illuminate …

Toward precision medicine: circadian rhythm of blood pressure and chronotherapy for hypertension-2021 NHLBI workshop report

ML Gumz, D Shimbo, M Abdalla, RC Balijepalli… - …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Healthy individuals exhibit blood pressure variation over a 24-hour period with higher blood
pressure during wakefulness and lower blood pressure during sleep. Loss or disruption of …

Physical activity is associated with slower epigenetic ageing—Findings from the Rhineland study

FAU Fox, D Liu, MMB Breteler, NA Aziz - Aging Cell, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic ageing, ie, age‐associated changes in DNA methylation patterns, is a sensitive
marker of biological ageing, a major determinant of morbidity and functional decline. We …

Arsenic exposure, blood DNA methylation, and cardiovascular disease

A Domingo-Relloso, K Makhani… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Epigenetic dysregulation has been proposed as a key mechanism for arsenic-
related cardiovascular disease (CVD). We evaluated differentially methylated positions …