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 …

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 …

Effect of long-term caloric restriction on DNA methylation measures of biological aging in healthy adults from the CALERIE trial

R Waziry, CP Ryan, DL Corcoran, KM Huffman… - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
The geroscience hypothesis proposes that therapy to slow or reverse molecular changes
that occur with aging can delay or prevent multiple chronic diseases and extend healthy …

Molecular mechanisms of environmental exposures and human disease

H Wu, CM Eckhardt, AA Baccarelli - Nature reviews genetics, 2023 - nature.com
A substantial proportion of disease risk for common complex disorders is attributable to
environmental exposures and pollutants. An appreciation of how environmental pollutants …

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 …

Inflammation, Aging, and Cardiovascular Disease: JACC Review Topic of the Week

L Liberale, L Badimon, F Montecucco… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Aging and inflammation both contribute pivotally to cardiovascular (CV) and cerebrovascular
disease, the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. The concept of inflamm-aging …

Inflammation, epigenetics, and metabolism converge to cell senescence and ageing: the regulation and intervention

X Zhu, Z Chen, W Shen, G Huang, JM Sedivy… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Remarkable progress in ageing research has been achieved over the past decades.
General perceptions and experimental evidence pinpoint that the decline of physical …

Sex differences in biological aging with a focus on human studies

S Hägg, J Jylhävä - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Aging is a complex biological process characterized by hallmark features accumulating over
the life course, shaping the individual's aging trajectory and subsequent disease risks. There …

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 …