Acceleration in the DNA methylation age in breast cancer tumours from very young women

SS Oltra, M Peña-Chilet, K Flower, MT Martinez… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Breast cancer in very young women (≤ 35 years; BCVY) presents more aggressive and
complex biological features than their older counterparts (BCO). Our aim was to evaluate …

Age-related DNA methylation in normal breast tissue and its relationship with invasive breast tumor methylation

KC Johnson, DC Koestler, C Cheng, BC Christensen - Epigenetics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Age is a key risk factor for breast cancer and epigenetic alterations may contribute to age-
related increases in breast cancer risk, though the relation of age-related methylation in …

Accelerated aging in normal breast tissue of women with breast cancer

S Panjarian, J Madzo, K Keith, CM Slater… - Breast Cancer …, 2021 - Springer
Background DNA methylation alterations have similar patterns in normal aging tissue and in
cancer. In this study, we investigated breast tissue-specific age-related DNA methylation …

Age-related DNA methylation in paired normal and tumour breast tissue in Chinese breast cancer patients

M Kiely, LA Tse, H Koka, D Wang, P Lee, F Wang… - Epigenetics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Age-related DNA methylation is a potential mechanism contributing to breast cancer
development. Studies of primarily Caucasian women have identified many CpG sites of age …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylome analysis identifies accelerated epigenetic ageing associated with postmenopausal breast cancer susceptibility

S Ambatipudi, S Horvath, F Perrier, C Cuenin… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aim of the study A vast majority of human malignancies are associated with ageing, and age
is a strong predictor of cancer risk. Recently, DNA methylation-based marker of ageing …

Evidence of accelerated epigenetic aging of breast tissues in patients with breast cancer is driven by CpGs associated with polycomb-related genes

M Rozenblit, E Hofstatter, Z Liu, T O'Meara… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Age is one of the strongest risk factors for the development of breast cancer,
however, the underlying etiology linking age and breast cancer remains unclear. We have …

Increased epigenetic age in normal breast tissue from luminal breast cancer patients

EW Hofstatter, S Horvath, D Dalela, P Gupta… - Clinical …, 2018 - Springer
Background Age is one of the most important risk factors for developing breast cancer.
However, age-related changes in normal breast tissue that potentially lead to breast cancer …

Normal breast tissue DNA methylation differences at regulatory elements are associated with the cancer risk factor age

KC Johnson, EA Houseman, JE King… - Breast cancer …, 2017 - Springer
Background The underlying biological mechanisms through which epidemiologically
defined breast cancer risk factors contribute to disease risk remain poorly understood …

DNA methylation age is elevated in breast tissue of healthy women

ME Sehl, JE Henry, AM Storniolo, PA Ganz… - Breast cancer research …, 2017 - Springer
Background Limited evidence suggests that female breast tissue ages faster than other parts
of the body according to an epigenetic biomarker of aging known as the “epigenetic clock.” …

Decelerated DNA methylation age predicts poor prognosis of breast cancer

JT Ren, MX Wang, Y Su, LY Tang, ZF Ren - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background DNA methylation (DNAm) age was found to be an indicator for all-cause
mortality, cancer incidence, and longevity, but no study has involved in the associations of …