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