Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/11/accelerated-epigenetic-age-and-cardiovascular-risk-factors/
Epigenetic patterns determine the behavior of a cell, and change constantly in response to cell state and the surrounding tissue environment. Epigenetic state can be used to measure biological age, the epigenetic clock. When an epigenetic clock indicates an age older than chronological age, that is referred to as epigenetic age acceleration. While the clocks are not fully understood in detail, it is thought that the specific epigenetic changes measured are reflective of the burden of cell and tissue damage and dysfunction that causes aging. This acceleration has been shown to correlate with risk and status of a number of age-related conditions.
In today’s open access paper, researchers compare epigenetic age acceleration with cardiovascular risk factors. Their point of view is that epigenetic aging, a…
Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/11/accelerated-epigenetic-age-and-cardiovascular-risk-factors/
Epigenetic patterns determine the behavior of a cell, and change constantly in response to cell state and the surrounding tissue environment. Epigenetic state can be used to measure biological age, the epigenetic clock. When an epigenetic clock indicates an age older than chronological age, that is referred to as epigenetic age acceleration. While the clocks are not fully understood in detail, it is thought that the specific epigenetic changes measured are reflective of the burden of cell and tissue damage and dysfunction that causes aging. This acceleration has been shown to correlate with risk and status of a number of age-related conditions.
In today’s open access paper, researchers compare epigenetic age acceleration with cardiovascular risk factors. Their point of view is that epigenetic aging, a…
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