DNA methylation clocks in aging: categories, causes, and consequences

AE Field, NA Robertson, T Wang, A Havas, T Ideker… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Age-associated changes to the mammalian DNA methylome are well documented and
thought to promote diseases of aging, such as cancer. Recent studies have identified …

Biological aging in childhood and adolescence following experiences of threat and deprivation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

NL Colich, ML Rosen, ES Williams… - Psychological …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Life history theory argues that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and …

Mechanisms linking childhood trauma exposure and psychopathology: A transdiagnostic model of risk and resilience

KA McLaughlin, NL Colich, AM Rodman… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Transdiagnostic processes confer risk for multiple types of psychopathology
and explain the co-occurrence of different disorders. For this reason, transdiagnostic …

Early experiences of threat, but not deprivation, are associated with accelerated biological aging in children and adolescents

JA Sumner, NL Colich, M Uddin, D Armstrong… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Recent conceptual models argue that early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, which may contribute to poor mental and physical health outcomes. Evidence …

Early adversity and development: parsing heterogeneity and identifying pathways of risk and resilience

DG Gee - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Adversity early in life is common and is a major risk factor for the onset of psychopathology.
Delineating the neurodevelopmental pathways by which early adversity affects mental …

Sensitive periods for the effect of childhood adversity on DNA methylation: results from a prospective, longitudinal study

EC Dunn, TW Soare, Y Zhu, AJ Simpkin… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to early-life adversity is known to predict DNA methylation (DNAm)
patterns that may be related to psychiatric risk. However, few studies have investigated …

A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: candidate gene and epigenome-wide approaches

SH Parade, L Huffhines, TE Daniels, LR Stroud… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Childhood maltreatment is a major risk factor for chronic and severe mental and physical
health problems across the lifespan. Increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that …

Cancer-related accelerated ageing and biobehavioural modifiers: a framework for research and clinical care

JE Carroll, JE Bower, PA Ganz - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2022 - nature.com
A growing body of evidence indicates that patients with cancer who receive cytotoxic
treatments (such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy) have an increased risk of accelerated …

Traumatic stress and accelerated DNA methylation age: a meta-analysis

EJ Wolf, H Maniates, N Nugent, AX Maihofer… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Recent studies examining the association between posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and accelerated aging, as defined by DNA methylation-based estimates of …

Adversity exposure during sensitive periods predicts accelerated epigenetic aging in children

S Marini, KA Davis, TW Soare, Y Zhu… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Exposure to adversity has been linked to accelerated biological aging, which in
turn has been shown to predict numerous physical and mental health problems. In recent …