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 …

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 …

Epigenetics, DNA damage, and aging

C Soto-Palma, LJ Niedernhofer… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Over the course of a human lifespan, genome integrity erodes, leading to an increased
abundance of several types of chromatin changes. The abundance of DNA lesions …

Epigenetic age prediction

DJ Simpson, T Chandra - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced age is the main common risk factor for cancer, cardiovascular disease and
neurodegeneration. Yet, more is known about the molecular basis of any of these groups of …

Evaluation of DNA methylation episignatures for diagnosis and phenotype correlations in 42 Mendelian neurodevelopmental disorders

E Aref-Eshghi, J Kerkhof, VP Pedro… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - cell.com
Genetic syndromes frequently present with overlapping clinical features and inconclusive or
ambiguous genetic findings which can confound accurate diagnosis and clinical …

Cell-type-specific aging clocks to quantify aging and rejuvenation in neurogenic regions of the brain

MT Buckley, ED Sun, BM George, L Liu, N Schaum… - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
The diversity of cell types is a challenge for quantifying aging and its reversal. Here we
develop 'aging clocks' based on single-cell transcriptomics to characterize cell-type-specific …

The interplay between DNA and histone methylation: molecular mechanisms and disease implications

Y Li, X Chen, C Lu - EMBO reports, 2021 - embopress.org
Methylation of cytosine in CpG dinucleotides and histone lysine and arginine residues is a
chromatin modification that critically contributes to the regulation of genome integrity …

Cellular reprogramming and epigenetic rejuvenation

DJ Simpson, NN Olova, T Chandra - Clinical epigenetics, 2021 - Springer
Ageing is an inevitable condition that afflicts all humans. Recent achievements, such as the
generation of induced pluripotent stem cells, have delivered preliminary evidence that …

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

AT Lu, Z Fei, A Haghani, TR Robeck, JA Zoller, CZ Li… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Aging, often considered a result of random cellular damage, can be accurately estimated
using DNA methylation profiles, the foundation of pan-tissue epigenetic clocks. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Biohorology and biomarkers of aging: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities

F Galkin, P Mamoshina, A Aliper… - Ageing Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aging process results in multiple traceable footprints, which can be quantified and used
to estimate an organism's age. Examples of such aging biomarkers include epigenetic …