2022
Aging the brain: multi-region methylation principal component based clock in the context of Alzheimer’s disease
Thrush KL, Bennett DA, Gaiteri C, Horvath S, Dyck CHV, Higgins-Chen AT, Levine ME. Aging the brain: multi-region methylation principal component based clock in the context of Alzheimer’s disease. Aging 2022, 14: 5641-5668. PMID: 35907208, PMCID: PMC9365556, DOI: 10.18632/aging.204196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease risk increasesBrain agingAD brain tissueΕ4 carrier statusClinical AD dementiaMultiple brain regionsEpigenetic alterationsReligious Orders StudyAD dementiaTest-retest reliabilityCortical samplesAD riskEpigenetic age accelerationSubcortical regionsPathologic ADAlzheimer's diseaseBrain regionsBrain tissueEpigenetic clocksCarrier statusStrong associationRush MemoryAge accelerationRisk increaseAging Project
2015
Quantification of biological aging in young adults
Belsky DW, Caspi A, Houts R, Cohen HJ, Corcoran DL, Danese A, Harrington H, Israel S, Levine ME, Schaefer JD, Sugden K, Williams B, Yashin AI, Poulton R, Moffitt TE. Quantification of biological aging in young adults. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: e4104-e4110. PMID: 26150497, PMCID: PMC4522793, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506264112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYoung adultsYoung humansSame chronological ageSelf-reported bad healthCognitive declineOlder adultsBiological agingYoung individualsChronological ageMultiple organ systemsBrain agingLongitudinal measuresAge-related diseasesChronic diseasesAdultsFourth decadeBirth cohortOrgan systemsWorse healthIndividualsRejuvenation therapyTime pointsHuman agingMultiple biomarkersTherapy