2024
Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Biological Aging During Pregnancy and in Newborns
Dye C, Alschuler D, Wu H, Duarte C, Monk C, Belsky D, Lee S, O’Donnell K, Baccarelli A, Scorza P. Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Biological Aging During Pregnancy and in Newborns. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2427063. PMID: 39120899, PMCID: PMC11316241, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.27063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal adverse childhood experiencesAdverse childhood experiencesEdinburgh Postnatal Depression ScaleAccessible Resource for Integrated Epigenomics StudiesEpigenetic age accelerationGestational age accelerationAssociated with epigenetic agingAvon Longitudinal Study of ParentsLongitudinal Study of ParentsPostnatal Depression ScalePrimary outcomeChildhood experiencesAvon Longitudinal StudyEpigenetic ageStudy of ParentsAge accelerationHigher ACE scoresCross-sectional studyEpigenetic clocksMother-offspring dyadsDepression ScaleHealth districtMother-child dyadsDNA methylation–based epigenetic clocksInvestigate depression
2023
Epigenetic age acceleration as a biomarker for impaired cognitive abilities in adulthood following early life adversity and psychiatric disorders
Felt J, Yusupov N, Harrington K, Fietz J, Zhang Z, Sliwinski M, Ram N, O'Donnell K, Group B, Meaney M, Putnam F, Noll J, Binder E, Shenk C. Epigenetic age acceleration as a biomarker for impaired cognitive abilities in adulthood following early life adversity and psychiatric disorders. Neurobiology Of Stress 2023, 27: 100577. PMID: 37885906, PMCID: PMC10597797, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2023.100577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life adversityPsychiatric disordersEpigenetic age accelerationLife adversityAge accelerationProspective cohort studyBiological agingNon-abused controlsCohort studyNeurocognitive screeningPeripheral bloodCommunity cohortNeurocognitive declineIndependent cohortCognitive declineEarly screeningMental disordersCohortGrimAge clockDisordersBiomarkersLower general cognitive abilityEarly declineNeurocognitive abilitiesCognitive abilities
2022
Receptive Language Abilities for Females Exposed to Early Life Adversity: Modification by Epigenetic Age Acceleration at Midlife in a 30-Year Prospective Cohort Study
Felt JM, Harrington KD, Ram N, O'Donnell KJ, Sliwinski MJ, Benson L, Zhang Z, Meaney MJ, Putnam FW, Noll JG, Shenk CE. Receptive Language Abilities for Females Exposed to Early Life Adversity: Modification by Epigenetic Age Acceleration at Midlife in a 30-Year Prospective Cohort Study. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2022, 78: 585-595. PMID: 36190812, PMCID: PMC10066744, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbac158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptive language abilityChild sexual abuseEarly life adversityLanguage abilityCognitive agingLife adversityPeabody Picture VocabularyPPVT-R scoresReceptive languageCognitive functioningPicture VocabularyComparison conditionNormative trajectoriesSexual abuseInterindividual differencesIndependent measuresMidlifeAdversityEpigenetic age accelerationDevelopment studiesQuadratic trendQuadratic growth modelAge accelerationEpigenetic agingAbility
2021
Cortisol trajectories measured prospectively across thirty years of female development following exposure to childhood sexual abuse: Moderation by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife
Shenk CE, Felt JM, Ram N, O'Donnell KJ, Sliwinski MJ, Pokhvisneva I, Benson L, Meaney MJ, Putnam FW, Noll JG. Cortisol trajectories measured prospectively across thirty years of female development following exposure to childhood sexual abuse: Moderation by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2021, 136: 105606. PMID: 34896740, PMCID: PMC8724404, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life adversityEpigenetic age accelerationChildhood sexual abuseCortisol trajectoriesLife adversityAge accelerationCortisol concentrationsBiological embedding modelProspective cohort studyPeak cortisol levelsHPA axis activitySubstantiated childhood sexual abuseEarly ageCohort studyAdulthood healthHPA axisAdrenal axisCortisol secretionCsA exposureCortisol levelsPotential indicationsSexual abuseMultiple biological systemsSubsequent occasionsBiological embeddingMaternal Prenatal Anxiety and the Fetal Origins of Epigenetic Aging
McGill MG, Pokhvisneva I, Clappison AS, McEwen LM, Beijers R, Tollenaar MS, Pham H, Kee MZL, Garg E, de Mendonça Filho EJ, Karnani N, Silveira PP, Kobor MS, de Weerth C, Meaney MJ, O'Donnell KJ. Maternal Prenatal Anxiety and the Fetal Origins of Epigenetic Aging. Biological Psychiatry 2021, 91: 303-312. PMID: 34756561, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.07.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal maternal anxietyFetal originEpigenetic age accelerationMaternal anxietyAge accelerationPrenatal anxietyMental healthPrenatal maternal mental healthMaternal mental healthYears of ageGenetic risk factorsMonths of ageMental health supportMaternal prenatal anxietyRisk factorsLongitudinal cohortPrenatal adversityPregnant individualsLarge effect sizesLongitudinal assessmentHealth supportEffective mental health supportCohortPrenatal environmentLate childhood