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 …

[HTML][HTML] The role of DNA methylation in epigenetics of aging

A Unnikrishnan, WM Freeman, J Jackson… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research suggests that epigenetics, especially DNA methylation, plays a mechanistic
role in aging. Epigenetic clocks, which measure changes in a few hundred specific CpG …

Hematopoietic aging promotes cancer by fueling IL-1⍺–driven emergency myelopoiesis

MD Park, J Le Berichel, P Hamon, CM Wilk, M Belabed… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Age is a major risk factor for cancer, but how aging impacts tumor control remains unclear. In
this study, we establish that aging of the immune system, regardless of the age of the stroma …

Profiling DNA methylation based on next-generation sequencing approaches: new insights and clinical applications

D Barros-Silva, CJ Marques, R Henrique, C Jerónimo - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that plays a pivotal role in regulating gene
expression and, consequently, influences a wide variety of biological processes and …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation dynamics in aging: how far are we from understanding the mechanisms?

F Ciccarone, S Tagliatesta, P Caiafa… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2018 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is currently the most promising molecular marker for monitoring aging and
predicting life expectancy. However, the mechanisms underlying age-related DNA …

Widespread sex dimorphism in aging and age-related diseases

NK Sampathkumar, JI Bravo, Y Chen, PS Danthi… - Human genetics, 2020 - Springer
Although aging is a conserved phenomenon across evolutionary distant species, aspects of
the aging process have been found to differ between males and females of the same …

Many chronological aging clocks can be found throughout the epigenome: Implications for quantifying biological aging

HL Porter, CA Brown, X Roopnarinesingh, CB Giles… - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic alterations are a hallmark of aging and age‐related diseases. Computational
models using DNA methylation data can create “epigenetic clocks” which are proposed to …

Sex differences in aging: genomic instability

KE Fischer, NC Riddle - The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aging is characterized by decreasing physiological integration, reduced function, loss of
resilience, and increased risk of death. Paradoxically, although women live longer, they …

Revisiting the genomic hypomethylation hypothesis of aging

A Unnikrishnan, N Hadad, DR Masser… - Annals of the New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The genomic hypomethylation hypothesis of aging proposes that an overall decrease in
global DNA methylation occurs with age, and it has been argued that the decrease in global …

Cellular hallmarks of aging emerge in the ovary prior to primordial follicle depletion

VA Ansere, S Ali-Mondal, R Sathiaseelan… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decline in ovarian reserve with advancing age is associated with reduced fertility and the
emergence of metabolic disturbances, osteoporosis, and neurodegeneration. Recent …