2022
Epigenetic aging of the demographically non-aging naked mole-rat
Kerepesi C, Meer MV, Ablaeva J, Amoroso VG, Lee SG, Zhang B, Gerashchenko MV, Trapp A, Yim SH, Lu AT, Levine ME, Seluanov A, Horvath S, Park TJ, Gorbunova V, Gladyshev VN. Epigenetic aging of the demographically non-aging naked mole-rat. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 355. PMID: 35039495, PMCID: PMC8763950, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-27959-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAnimalsBiological ClocksCpG IslandsDemographyDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationHumansMiceMole RatsRNA Splicing FactorsTelomerase
2020
Mouse brain transcriptome responses to inhaled nanoparticulate matter differed by sex and APOE in Nrf2-Nfkb interactions
Haghani A, Cacciottolo M, Doty KR, D'Agostino C, Thorwald M, Safi N, Levine ME, Sioutas C, Town TC, Forman HJ, Zhang H, Morgan TE, Finch CE. Mouse brain transcriptome responses to inhaled nanoparticulate matter differed by sex and APOE in Nrf2-Nfkb interactions. ELife 2020, 9: e54822. PMID: 32579111, PMCID: PMC7314548, DOI: 10.7554/elife.54822.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Time and the Metrics of Aging
Ferrucci L, Levine ME, Kuo PL, Simonsick EM. Time and the Metrics of Aging. Circulation Research 2018, 123: 740-744. PMID: 30355074, PMCID: PMC6205734, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.118.312816.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Genetic variants near MLST8 and DHX57 affect the epigenetic age of the cerebellum
Lu AT, Hannon E, Levine ME, Hao K, Crimmins EM, Lunnon K, Kozlenkov A, Mill J, Dracheva S, Horvath S. Genetic variants near MLST8 and DHX57 affect the epigenetic age of the cerebellum. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 10561. PMID: 26830004, PMCID: PMC4740877, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWide association studyCis-acting effectsDNA methylation levelsAge-related diseasesGWAS analysisSignificant SNPsGene setsMLST8Association studiesEpigenetic clocksMethylation levelsEpigenetic biomarkersGenetic variantsExpression levelsSNPsUnderstanding agingEpigenetic ageTissue ageCerebellar samplesSignificant overlapGWASLociAlzheimer's diseaseClockVariants