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 …

Validation of biomarkers of aging

M Moqri, C Herzog, JR Poganik, K Ying, JN Justice… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
The search for biomarkers that quantify biological aging (particularly 'omic'-based
biomarkers) has intensified in recent years. Such biomarkers could predict aging-related …

[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 …

Reprogramming to recover youthful epigenetic information and restore vision

Y Lu, B Brommer, X Tian, A Krishnan, M Meer, C Wang… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Ageing is a degenerative process that leads to tissue dysfunction and death. A proposed
cause of ageing is the accumulation of epigenetic noise that disrupts gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerated biological aging in COVID-19 patients

X Cao, W Li, T Wang, D Ran, V Davalos… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chronological age is a risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19. Previous
findings indicate that epigenetic age could be altered in viral infection. However, the …

Long-term maturation of human cortical organoids matches key early postnatal transitions

A Gordon, SJ Yoon, SS Tran, CD Makinson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Human stem-cell-derived models provide the promise of accelerating our understanding of
brain disorders, but not knowing whether they possess the ability to mature beyond mid-to …

[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 …

Epigenetic clock: A promising biomarker and practical tool in aging

R Duan, Q Fu, Y Sun, Q Li - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
As a complicated process, aging is characterized by various changes at the cellular,
subcellular and nuclear levels, one of which is epigenetic aging. With increasing awareness …

Biological age is increased by stress and restored upon recovery

JR Poganik, B Zhang, GS Baht, A Tyshkovskiy, A Deik… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Aging is classically conceptualized as an ever-increasing trajectory of damage accumulation
and loss of function, leading to increases in morbidity and mortality. However, recent in vitro …

[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 …