Accelerated epigenetic aging in newborns with Down syndrome
Xu K, Li S, Muskens IS, Elliott N, Myint SS, Pandey P, Hansen HM, Morimoto LM, Kang AY, Ma X, Metayer C, Mueller BA, Roberts I, Walsh KM, Horvath S, Wiemels JL, de Smith A. Accelerated epigenetic aging in newborns with Down syndrome. Aging Cell 2022, 21: e13652. PMID: 35661546, PMCID: PMC9282838, DOI: 10.1111/acel.13652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDown syndromeAge accelerationEpigenetic age accelerationGestational age accelerationEarly-onset Alzheimer's diseaseTransient abnormal myelopoiesisPotential confounding factorsEpigenetic agingPremature agingSomatic GATA1 mutationsDS patientsAbnormal myelopoiesisBlood cell proportionsNewbornsAlzheimer's diseaseConfounding factorsBrain tissueCell proportionGATA1 mutationsEndocrine systemBloodTargeted sequencingSomatic mutationsSyndromeDisease