Elisa Redl

3 weeks ago | nature.com | Elisa Redl |Daniela Weber |Julia Tevini |Barbara Kofler

AbstractAging is a key risk factor for many diseases, including cancer, and a better understanding of its underlying molecular mechanisms may help to prevent, delay, or treat age-related pathologies. Epigenetic alterations such as DNA methylation (DNAme) changes are a hallmark of aging and form the basis of so-called epigenetic clocks, yet their functional relevance and directionality in different organs during disease development is often unclear.