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 …

Aging and Alzheimer's disease: comparison and associations from molecular to system level

X **a, Q Jiang, J McDermott, JDJ Han - Aging cell, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent cause of dementia, which is defined by the
combined presence of amyloid and tau, but researchers are gradually moving away from the …

Origins of human disease: the chrono-epigenetic perspective

ES Oh, A Petronis - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Epigenetics has enriched human disease studies by adding new interpretations to disease
features that cannot be explained by genetic and environmental factors. However …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation dynamics in aging: how far are we from understanding the mechanisms?

F Ciccarone, S Tagliatesta, P Caiafa… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2018 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is currently the most promising molecular marker for monitoring aging and
predicting life expectancy. However, the mechanisms underlying age-related DNA …

Epigenetic mechanisms related to cognitive decline during aging

MF Harman, MG Martín - Journal of neuroscience research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cognitive decline is a hallmark of the aging nervous system, characterized by increasing
memory loss and a deterioration of mental capacity, which in turn creates a favorable context …

Mechanisms underlying brain aging under normal and pathological conditions

M **, SQ Cai - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Aging is a major risk factor for many human diseases, including cognitive impairment, which
affects a large population of the elderly. In the past few decades, our understanding of the …

DNA methylation of TOMM40-APOE-APOC2 in Alzheimer's disease

Y Shao, MK Shaw, K Todd, M Khrestian… - Journal of human …, 2018 - nature.com
The apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele is the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Multiple regulatory elements, spanning the extended TOMM40-APOE-APOC2 region …

Entanglement of genetics and epigenetics in Parkinson's disease

HJ Van Heesbeen, MP Smidt - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder that progresses with age,
with an increasing number of symptoms. Some of the efforts to understand PD progression …

Schizophrenia-associated differential DNA methylation in brain is distributed across the genome and annotated to MAD1L1, a locus at which DNA methylation and …

BC McKinney, LL McClain, CM Hensler, Y Wei… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAm), the addition of a methyl group to a cytosine in DNA, plays an
important role in the regulation of gene expression. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms …

Aging, neurodegenerative disorders, and cerebellum

IY Iskusnykh, AA Zakharova, ED Kryl'skii… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
An important part of the central nervous system (CNS), the cerebellum is involved in motor
control, learning, reflex adaptation, and cognition. Diminished cerebellar function results in …