Understanding health inequalities through the lens of social epigenetics

CL Martin, L Ghastine, EK Lodge… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Longstanding racial/ethnic inequalities in morbidity and mortality persist in the United States.
Although the determinants of health inequalities are complex, social and structural factors …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: A systematic review

CAM Cecil, Y Zhang, T Nolte - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
DNA methylation (DNAm)–an epigenetic process that regulates gene expression–may
represent a mechanism for the biological embedding of early traumatic experiences …

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 …

High social status males experience accelerated epigenetic aging in wild baboons

JA Anderson, RA Johnston, AJ Lea, FA Campos… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Aging, for virtually all life, is inescapable. However, within populations, biological aging rates
vary. Understanding sources of variation in this process is central to understanding the …

Early-life adversity accelerates child and adolescent development

J Belsky - Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Most developmental work regards adverse developmental experiences as forces that
undermine well-being. Here, I present an alternative—or complementary—view …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of environmental, lifestyle, and health factors associated with DNA methylation age

J Ryan, J Wrigglesworth, J Loong… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation (DNAm) algorithms of biological age provide a robust estimate of an
individual's chronological age and can predict their risk of age-related disease and mortality …

How to slow down the ticking clock: age-associated epigenetic alterations and related interventions to extend life span

AM Galow, S Peleg - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic alterations pose one major hallmark of organismal aging. Here, we provide an
overview on recent findings describing the epigenetic changes that arise during aging and …

Child maltreatment and long-term physical and mental health outcomes: an exploration of biopsychosocial determinants and implications for prevention

D Mehta, AB Kelly, KR Laurens, D Haslam… - Child Psychiatry & …, 2021 - Springer
Child maltreatment rates remain unacceptably high and rates are likely to escalate as
COVID-related economic problems continue. A comprehensive and evidence-building …

Early life adversity and age acceleration at mid-life and older ages indexed using the next-generation GrimAge and Pace of Aging epigenetic clocks

C McCrory, G Fiorito, AM O'Halloran, S Polidoro… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This retrospective cross-sectional study was designed to explore whether the
experience of childhood adversity was associated with epigenetic age acceleration in mid …