[HTML][HTML] Lifetime stress accelerates epigenetic aging in an urban, African American cohort: relevance of glucocorticoid signaling

AS Zannas, J Arloth, T Carrillo-Roa, S Iurato, S Röh… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Background Chronic psychological stress is associated with accelerated aging and
increased risk for aging-related diseases, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are …

Life stress, glucocorticoid signaling, and the aging epigenome: Implications for aging-related diseases

NC Gassen, GP Chrousos, EB Binder… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Life stress has been associated with accelerated cellular aging and increased risk for
developing aging-related diseases; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain …

Psychosocial stress and epigenetic aging

H Palma-Gudiel, L Fañanás, S Horvath… - International review of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aging is the single most important risk factor for diseases that are currently the leading
causes of morbidity and mortality. However, there is considerable inter-individual variability …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerated DNA methylation age in adolescent girls: associations with elevated diurnal cortisol and reduced hippocampal volume

EG Davis, KL Humphreys, LM McEwen… - Translational …, 2017 - nature.com
Numerous studies have linked exposure to stress to adverse health outcomes through the
effects of cortisol, a product of the stress response system, on cellular aging processes …

Epigenetics as a key link between psychosocial stress and aging: concepts, evidence, mechanisms

AS Zannas - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Psychosocial stress—especially when chronic, excessive, or occurring early in life—has
been associated with accelerated aging and increased disease risk. With rapid aging of the …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging

DL McCartney, JL Min, RC Richmond, AT Lu… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Biological aging estimators derived from DNA methylation data are heritable
and correlate with morbidity and mortality. Consequently, identification of genetic and …

[HTML][HTML] Early environments, stress, and the epigenetics of human health

CJ Mulligan - Annual Review of Anthropology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The field of social and behavioral epigenetics examines the role of epigenetic modifications
to mediate the effect of psychosocial stressors on an individual's health and well-being …

Causality-enriched epigenetic age uncouples damage and adaptation

K Ying, H Liu, AE Tarkhov, MC Sadler, AT Lu, M Moqri… - Nature aging, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning models based on DNA methylation data can predict biological
age but often lack causal insights. By harnessing large-scale genetic data through …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological and biological resilience modulates the effects of stress on epigenetic aging

ZM Harvanek, N Fogelman, K Xu, R Sinha - Translational Psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
Our society is experiencing more stress than ever before, leading to both negative
psychiatric and physical outcomes. Chronic stress is linked to negative long-term health …

[HTML][HTML] The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

MJ Peters, R Joehanes, LC Pilling… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Disease incidences increase with age, but the molecular characteristics of ageing that lead
to increased disease susceptibility remain inadequately understood. Here we perform a …