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 …

[HTML][HTML] The neuroimmune axis of Alzheimer's disease

M Jorfi, A Maaser-Hecker, RE Tanzi - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a genetically complex and heterogeneous disorder with
multifaceted neuropathological features, including β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary …

The total mass, number, and distribution of immune cells in the human body

R Sender, Y Weiss, Y Navon, I Milo… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The immune system is a complex network of cells with critical functions in health and
disease. However, a comprehensive census of the cells comprising the immune system is …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and the aging immune system

JM Bartleson, D Radenkovic, AJ Covarrubias… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health threat with
particular risk for severe disease and death in older adults and in adults with age-related …

[HTML][HTML] Immune ageing at single-cell resolution

DA Mogilenko, I Shchukina, MN Artyomov - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Ageing leads to profound alterations in the immune system and increases susceptibility to
some chronic, infectious and autoimmune diseases. In recent years, widespread application …

An inflammatory aging clock (iAge) based on deep learning tracks multimorbidity, immunosenescence, frailty and cardiovascular aging

N Sayed, Y Huang, K Nguyen, Z Krejciova-Rajaniemi… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
While many diseases of aging have been linked to the immunological system, immune
metrics capable of identifying the most at-risk individuals are lacking. From the blood …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Why does COVID-19 disproportionately affect older people?

AL Mueller, MS McNamara, DA Sinclair - Aging (albany NY), 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The severity and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) largely depends on a
patient's age. Adults over 65 years of age represent 80% of hospitalizations and have a 23 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive profiling of an aging immune system reveals clonal GZMK+ CD8+ T cells as conserved hallmark of inflammaging

DA Mogilenko, O Shpynov, PS Andhey, L Arthur… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Systematic understanding of immune aging on a whole-body scale is currently lacking. We
characterized age-associated alterations in immune cells across multiple mouse organs …