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  • Epigenetics

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  • Advanced age is a primary risk factor for major diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegeneration.
  • Understanding the molecular mechanisms of aging itself lags behind disease-specific research.
  • Previous methods for assessing biological age were unreliable, hindering progress in aging research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the development and application of epigenetic clocks for quantitatively measuring biological age.
  • To discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and current limitations of various epigenetic clock predictors.
  • To explore the potential of epigenetic clocks in understanding aging as a risk factor and for developing interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Development of age predictors utilizing DNA methylation patterns.
  • Training and validation of epigenetic clocks to estimate biological age.
  • Analysis of the relationship between DNA methylation changes and the aging process.

Main Results:

  • Epigenetic clocks provide a quantitative measure for biological age estimation.
  • The precise aging aspects captured by epigenetic clocks remain under investigation.
  • The role of DNA methylation in the aging process versus being a marker is still unclear.

Conclusions:

  • Epigenetic clocks represent a significant advancement in quantitatively studying biological aging.
  • Further research is needed to elucidate the exact mechanisms captured by these clocks.
  • Epigenetic clocks have broad applicability in aging research and emerging fields like forensics.