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Cell Biology
Keren Xu, Shaobo Li, Ivo S. Muskens, Natalina Elliott, Swe Swe Myint, Priyatama Pandey, Helen M. Hansen, Libby M. Morimoto, Alice Y. Kang, Xiaomei Ma, Catherine Metayer, Beth A. Mueller, Irene Roberts, Kyle M. Walsh, Steve Horvath, Joseph L. Wiemels, Adam J. Smith
Summary: The study revealed that accelerated epigenetic aging in the blood of Down syndrome (DS) patients begins prenatally and is associated with somatic GATA1 mutations. DS newborns showed a significant increase in DNAmSkinBloodClock, but were not associated with epigenetic gestational age acceleration.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Neil Saptarshi, Daniel Green, Angela Cree, Andrew Lotery, Luminita Paraoan, Louise F. Porter
Summary: DNA methylation age estimation is a powerful biomarker of human ageing, and this study evaluated its association in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Epigenetic clocks showed poor performance in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and epigenetic age acceleration was not observed in AMD patients. However, positive epigenetic age acceleration was observed in blood of smokers and those with AMD. Significant hypomethylation at cg04953735 within RPTOR was identified, suggesting a potential role for RPTOR as a master regulator in AMD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Man-Kit Lei, Frederick X. Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, Steven R. H. Beach, Kelsey Dawes, Robert Philibert
Summary: Smoking and heavy alcohol consumption are risk factors for aging-related diseases, but prior studies have shown only modest effects. This may be due to reliance on unreliable self-reported data. Using novel non-self-reported measures, it was found that smoking and heavy alcohol consumption are more strongly associated with accelerated aging.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Silvio Zaina, Manel Esteller, Isabel Goncalves, Gertrud Lund
Summary: Accelerated epigenetic ageing has been detected in peripheral blood cells of atherosclerotic patients, but evidence in the vascular wall is lacking. This study investigates the trends of epigenetic ageing in the atheroma and finds dynamic DNA methylation age mosaicism that is related to atherosclerosis, changes from acceleration to deceleration with chronological ageing, and is consistent in both human aorta and carotid atheroma.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jonah Musa, Kyeezu Kim, Yinan Zheng, Yishu Qu, Brian T. Joyce, Jun Wang, Drew R. Nannini, Demirkan B. Gursel, Olugbenga Silas, Fatimah B. Abdulkareem, Godwin Imade, Alani S. Akanmu, Jian-Jun Wei, Masha Kocherginsky, Kwang-Youn A. Kim, Firas Wehbe, Chad J. Achenbach, Rose Anorlu, Melissa A. Simon, Atiene Sagay, Folasade T. Ogunsola, Robert L. Murphy, Lifang Hou
Summary: PhenoAA is associated with ICC in HIV-infected women, suggesting its potential as a biomarker for risk stratification of HIV-associated ICC in resource-constrained settings.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Oncology
Robert F. Hillary, Daniel L. McCartney, Allan F. McRae, Archie Campbell, Rosie M. Walker, Caroline Hayward, Steve Horvath, David J. Porteous, Kathryn L. Evans, Riccardo E. Marioni
Summary: Reducing array content can lower costs, but attention must be given to the biological and distribution properties of CpG probes to avoid limiting prediction metrics.
CLINICAL EPIGENETICS
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Benjamin J. Seligman, Sarah D. Berry, Lewis A. Lipsitz, Thomas G. Travison, Douglas P. Kiel
Summary: Age-associated changes in DNA methylation have been suggested as a mechanism for frailty development, but previous studies have shown inconsistent findings regarding the association between epigenetic age acceleration (eAA) and frailty. This study found no significant correlation between different eAA measures and change in frailty, indicating the need for further research with longer follow-up periods and repeated eAA measurements.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Tayyebeh Khoshbakht, Bashdar Mahmud Hussen, Mohammad Taheri, Kaveh Ebrahimzadeh, Rezvan Noroozi
Summary: Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disease with variable clinical manifestations, and recent studies have shown that epigenetic alterations, including changes in non-coding RNA expression, methylation, and long non-coding RNA involvement, play important roles in its pathogenesis. Additionally, specific microRNAs have been found to modulate the manifestations of Huntington's disease.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Benjamin Mayne, Walter Mustin, Vandanaa Baboolal, Francesca Casella, Katia Ballorain, Mathieu Barret, Mathew A. Vanderklift, Anton D. Tucker, Darren Korbie, Simon Jarman, Oliver Berry
Summary: This study presents the development of an epigenetic clock that can predict the age of marine turtles from skin biopsies. The method, based on DNA methylation levels, was highly accurate and has the potential to provide key life history information through a nonlethal and inexpensive approach, transforming marine turtle management.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Julia Franzen, Selina Nuchtern, Vithurithra Tharmapalan, Margherita Vieri, Milos Nikolic, Yang Han, Paul Balfanz, Nikolaus Marx, Michael Dreher, Tim H. Bruemmendorf, Edgar Dahl, Fabian Beier, Wolfgang Wagner
Summary: Age is a major risk factor for severe outcomes of COVID-19, but patients with accelerated epigenetic age do not reliably predict the severity of the disease, and lymphocytes do not show significant accelerated telomere attrition.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Stephanie C. Gehle, Daniel Kleissler, Hillary Heiling, Allison Deal, Zongli Xu, Vanessa L. Ayer Miller, Jack A. Taylor, Andrew B. Smitherman
Summary: A study found that young adult cancer survivors have higher biological aging markers and experience accelerated aging. Measurement of biological age can help identify high-risk survivors and enhance our understanding of mechanisms underlying this accelerated aging.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Katie Leap, Iveta Yotova, Steve Horvath, Julian A. Martinez-Agosto
Summary: Endometriosis is a common disease with various presentations. The use of DNA methylation age can help distinguish the origin of ectopic lesions, contributing to clinical classification.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brian T. Joyce, Tao Gao, Yinan Zheng, Jiantao Ma, Shih-Jen Hwang, Lei Liu, Drew Nannini, Steve Horvath, Ake T. Lu, Norrina Bai Allen, David R. Jacobs, Myron Gross, Amy Krefman, Hongyan Ning, Kiang Liu, Cora E. Lewis, Pamela J. Schreiner, Stephen Sidney, James M. Shikany, Daniel Levy, Philip Greenland, Lifang Hou, Donald Lloyd-Jones
Summary: The study showed that faster GrimAge acceleration is associated with the decline of cardiovascular health from a young age, suggesting that epigenetic age may be a useful biomarker for cardiovascular disease risk.
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Celine Bourdon, Bruno Etain, Luana Spano, Raoul Belzeaux, Marion Leboyer, Andree Delahaye-Duriez, El Cherif Ibrahim, Pierre-Eric Lutz, Sebastien Gard, Raymund Schwan, Mircea Polosan, Philippe Courtet, Christine Passerieux, Frank Bellivier, Cynthia Marie-Claire
Summary: In this study, accelerated epigenetic aging in individuals with BD was assessed using various DNA methylation-based markers. Different epigenetic clocks were found to be sensitive to different aspects of aging process in BD. The study also identified associations between age accelerations and body mass index, sex, smoking status, and childhood maltreatment.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Camilla Pellegrini, Chiara Pirazzini, Claudia Sala, Luisa Sambati, Igor Yusipov, Alena Kalyakulina, Francesco Ravaioli, Katarzyna M. Kwiatkowska, Danielle F. Durso, Mikhail Ivanchenko, Daniela Monti, Raffaele Lodi, Claudio Franceschi, Pietro Cortelli, Paolo Garagnani, Maria Giulia Bacalini
Summary: AD is characterized by specific brain DNA methylation patterns, affected by age and sex. This study analyzed DNAm datasets from healthy adults and AD patients to identify sex-, age-, and AD-associated epigenetic profiles. Results showed shared DNAm differences between males and females across brain regions, with aging affecting cortical regions differently from the cerebellum. AD-related epigenetic modifications were enriched in age-related probes, suggesting accelerated epigenetic aging in the disease.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Jure Mur, Simon R. Cox, Riccardo E. Marioni, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Tom C. Russ
Summary: An analysis of trends in anticholinergic prescribing over 25 years in UK Biobank participants revealed a 9-fold increase in anticholinergic burden, particularly driven by the rise in antidepressant prescriptions. Factors such as female sex, lower education level, and greater deprivation were associated with higher anticholinergic burden.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Donncha S. Mullin, Alastair Cockburn, Miles Welstead, Michelle Luciano, Tom C. Russ, Graciela Muniz-Terrera
Summary: This study aimed to validate the predictive role of motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome on the incidence of dementia and other major causes of morbidity in older adults. The findings showed that individuals with MCR were at an increased risk of cognitive impairment, dementia, falls, and mortality.
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Miles Welstead, Michelle Luciano, Tom C. Russ, Graciela Muniz-Terrera
Summary: This study identified heterogeneous trajectories of frailty progression among older adults over a 12-year period, with three distinct subgroups showing different rates of frailty increase. Factors such as age, education level, childhood cognitive ability, and social class were found to be associated with membership in these subgroups, with implications for targeted interventions to reduce the risk of high frailty trajectories. Further research is needed to explore additional risk and protective factors and assess the possibility of shifting individuals to less detrimental frailty trajectories.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Stina Saunders, Craig W. Ritchie, Tom C. Russ, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Richard Milne
Summary: This study aims to explore clinicians' views on the assessment and communication of MCI in memory clinics. Initial results show that most clinicians consider MCI to have limitations as a diagnostic term and report using the term MCI. There is a lack of specific and sensitive assessment methods for identifying the etiology of MCI in clinical practice.
Article
Neurosciences
Anna J. Stevenson, Daniel L. McCartney, Danni A. Gadd, Gemma Shireby, Robert F. Hillary, Declan King, Makis Tzioras, Nicola Wrobel, Sarah McCafferty, Lee Murphy, Barry W. McColl, Paul Redmond, Adele M. Taylor, Sarah E. Harris, Tom C. Russ, Andrew M. McIntosh, Jonathan Mill, Colin Smith, Ian J. Deary, Simon R. Cox, Riccardo E. Marioni, Tara L. Spires-Jones
Summary: The study found differences between blood-based inflammation and ageing-related DNA methylation patterns and brain-based patterns, depending on the evaluated regions. The highest epigenetic age acceleration was observed in the hippocampus, while inflammation-related DNA methylation signatures did not vary significantly across brain regions. Reactive microglial burdens were highest in the hippocampus, but the only association between blood- and brain-based methylation signatures and microglia was a significant positive association with acceleration of one epigenetic clock averaged over all five brain regions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Correction
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Stina Saunders, Craig W. Ritchie, Tom C. Russ, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Richard Milne
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gergo Baranyi, Ian J. Deary, Daniel L. McCartney, Sarah E. Harris, Niamh Shortt, Stefan Reis, Tom C. Russ, Catharine Ward Thompson, Massimo Vieno, Simon R. Cox, Jamie Pearce
Summary: Exposure to air pollution, especially during birth and young-to-middle adulthood, is associated with biological ageing. Males with longer exposure to air pollution are more likely to have shorter DNAmTL, while females are more likely to have shorter DNAmTL.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Una Clancy, Ratko Radakovic, Fergus Doubal, Maria del C. Valdes Hernandez, Susana Munoz Maniega, Adele M. Taylor, Janie Corley, Francesca M. Chappell, Tom C. Russ, Simon R. Cox, Mark E. Bastin, Ian J. Deary, Joanna M. Wardlaw
Summary: This study aimed to identify the association between apathy, depression, anxiety, and subjective memory complaints with longitudinal white matter hyperintensity (WMH) progression. The study found that apathy symptoms were associated with an increase in WMH, while depression, anxiety, and subjective memory complaints were not.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Danielle Leighton, Morad Ansari, Judith Newton, David Parry, Elaine Cleary, Shuna Colville, Laura Stephenson, Juan Larraz, Micheala Johnson, Emily Beswick, Michael Wong, Jenna Gregory, Javier Carod Artal, Richard Davenport, Callum Duncan, Ian Morrison, Colin Smith, Robert Swingler, Ian Deary, Mary Porteous, Timothy Aitman, Siddharthan Chandran, George Gorrie, Suvankar Pal, Carolyn Lothian Birth Cohorts Grp, CARE-MND Consortium
Summary: This study investigated the phenotypes and genotypes of a cohort of long-surviving individuals with motor neuron disease (MND). The findings suggest that long survivors are characterized by younger age at onset, increased prevalence of primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), and longer diagnostic delay. Genetic analysis revealed potentially pathogenic variants in several MND-associated genes.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Janie Corley, Federica Conte, Sarah E. E. Harris, Adele M. M. Taylor, Paul Redmond, Tom C. C. Russ, Ian J. J. Deary, Simon R. R. Cox
Summary: Understanding why some people experience greater cognitive decline than others is a major challenge in the field of cognitive ageing research. A study conducted on a group of 1091 men and women from the longitudinal Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 revealed that addressing multiple risk factors throughout a person's life may be the most effective strategy. The study also found that APOE e4 carrier status is an important factor in identifying individuals at higher risk for accelerated cognitive ageing.
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Naomi Entwistle, Adam Polnay, Tom C. Russ
Summary: This study evaluated the service use of 268 patients before and after contact with an NHS psychodynamic psychotherapy department. The results showed that a full course of psychotherapy was associated with a significant reduction in outpatient and medical service contacts for patients who regularly used services at baseline.
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
(2023)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Jure Mur, Riccardo E. Marioni, Tom C. Russ, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Simon R. Cox
Summary: The aim of this study is to estimate the association between anticholinergic burden, general cognitive ability, and various measures of brain structural MRI. The study found a modest association between anticholinergic burden and poorer cognition, but no association with brain structure.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Ashleigh C. Duthie, Jean Hannah, G. David Batty, Ian J. Deary, John M. Starr, Daniel J. Smith, Tom C. Russ
Summary: This study investigated the association between lithium levels in drinking water and the rate of dementia using data from the Scottish Mental Survey 1932. The results showed that lithium levels in drinking water are very low in Scotland, and extremely low levels of lithium are not associated with an increased risk of dementia. However, there was a slight trend towards increased risk in females at lithium levels below 2.1 mu g/L.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
Yiqun Ma, Grace J. Gang, Tina Ehtiati, Tess Reynolds, Tom Russ, Wenying Wang, Clifford Weiss, Nicholas Theodore, Kelvin Hong, Jeffrey Siewerdsen, J. Webster Stayman
Summary: Metal artifacts have always been a challenge for cone-beam CT imaging, especially in intraoperative imaging. Recent advances in non-circular orbits for data acquisition have shown significant potential for reducing metal artifacts. In this study, we implemented non-circular orbits on a clinical robotic C-arm and demonstrated improved image quality for intraoperative CBCT imaging.
MEDICAL IMAGING 2022: IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURES, ROBOTIC INTERVENTIONS, AND MODELING
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jure Mur, Tom C. Russ, Simon R. Cox, Riccardo E. Marioni, Graciela Muniz-Terrera
Summary: The study found that the anticholinergic burden and the slope of anticholinergic burden trajectory were predictive of dementia, but this association was mainly present for some classes of drugs, especially antidepressants, antiepileptics, and antidiuretics.
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA-TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH & CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS
(2022)