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 …

Immunosenescence and inflammaging in the aging process: age-related diseases or longevity?

A Santoro, E Bientinesi, D Monti - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
During aging the immune system (IS) undergoes remarkable changes that collectively are
known as immunosenescence. It is a multifactorial and dynamic phenomenon that affects …

Metabolomic profiles predict individual multidisease outcomes

T Buergel, J Steinfeldt, G Ruyoga, M Pietzner… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Risk stratification is critical for the early identification of high-risk individuals and disease
prevention. Here we explored the potential of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) …

Atlas of plasma NMR biomarkers for health and disease in 118,461 individuals from the UK Biobank

H Julkunen, A Cichońska, M Tiainen, H Koskela… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood lipids and metabolites are markers of current health and future disease risk. Here, we
describe plasma nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) biomarker data for 118,461 …

DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging

DW Belsky, A Caspi, DL Corcoran, K Sugden… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Background: Measures to quantify changes in the pace of biological aging in response to
intervention are needed to evaluate geroprotective interventions for humans. Previously, we …

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 …

The adverse metabolic effects of branched-chain amino acids are mediated by isoleucine and valine

D Yu, NE Richardson, CL Green, AB Spicer… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Low-protein diets promote metabolic health in rodents and humans, and the benefits of low-
protein diets are recapitulated by specifically reducing dietary levels of the three branched …

When a calorie is not just a calorie: Diet quality and timing as mediators of metabolism and healthy aging

MM Mihaylova, A Chaix, M Delibegovic, JJ Ramsey… - Cell metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
An epidemic of obesity has affected large portions of the world, increasing the risk of
developing many different age-associated diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular …

Serum albumin in health and disease: esterase, antioxidant, transporting and signaling properties

DA Belinskaia, PA Voronina, VI Shmurak… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Being one of the main proteins in the human body and many animal species, albumin plays
a decisive role in the transport of various ions—electrically neutral and charged molecules …

Targeting the biology of aging with mTOR inhibitors

JB Mannick, DW Lamming - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of the protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) with the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapeutic rapamycin promotes health and longevity …