DNA methylation-based biomarkers and the epigenetic clock theory of ageing

S Horvath, K Raj - Nature reviews genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Identifying and validating molecular targets of interventions that extend the human health
span and lifespan has been difficult, as most clinical biomarkers are not sufficiently …

Epigenetic regulation of aging: implications for interventions of aging and diseases

K Wang, H Liu, Q Hu, L Wang, J Liu, Z Zheng… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Aging is accompanied by the decline of organismal functions and a series of prominent
hallmarks, including genetic and epigenetic alterations. These aging-associated epigenetic …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Potential reversal of epigenetic age using a diet and lifestyle intervention: a pilot randomized clinical trial

KN Fitzgerald, R Hodges, D Hanes, E Stack… - Aging (albany …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Manipulations to slow biological aging and extend healthspan are of interest given the
societal and healthcare costs of our aging population. Herein we report on a randomized …

Ageing as a software design flaw

JP de Magalhães - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Ageing is inherent to all human beings, yet why we age remains a hotly contested topic.
Most mechanistic explanations of ageing posit that ageing is caused by the accumulation of …

Epigenetics of male infertility: the role of DNA methylation

JC Rotondo, C Lanzillotti, C Mazziotta… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, a number of studies focused on the role of epigenetics, including DNA
methylation, in spermatogenesis and male infertility. We aimed to provide an overview of the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of DNA methylation in epigenetics of aging

A Unnikrishnan, WM Freeman, J Jackson… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research suggests that epigenetics, especially DNA methylation, plays a mechanistic
role in aging. Epigenetic clocks, which measure changes in a few hundred specific CpG …

Molecular damage in aging

VN Gladyshev, SB Kritchevsky, SG Clarke, AM Cuervo… - Nature Aging, 2021 - nature.com
Cellular metabolism and environmental interactions generate molecular damage affecting
all levels of biological organization. Accumulation of this damage over time is thought to …

Promoter DNA hypermethylation and paradoxical gene activation

J Smith, S Sen, RJ Weeks, MR Eccles, A Chatterjee - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
DNA methylation is a stable epigenetic modification that contributes to the spatiotemporal
regulation of gene expression. The manner in which DNA methylation contributes to …

Aging hallmarks and progression and age-related diseases: a landscape view of research advancement

R Tenchov, JM Sasso, X Wang… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aging is a dynamic, time-dependent process that is characterized by a gradual accumulation
of cell damage. Continual functional decline in the intrinsic ability of living organisms to …