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ArticleGenome biology2025

Weighted 2D-kernel density estimations provide a new probabilistic measure for epigenetic age.

Juan-Felipe Perez-Correa, Thomas Stiehl, Riccardo E Marioni, Janie Corley, Simon R Cox, Ivan G Costa, Wolfgang Wagner

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Article in Genome biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Epigenetic networks coordinate DNA methylation across the genome.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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Juan-Felipe Perez-CorreaInstitute for Stem Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany.
Thomas StiehlInstitute for Computational Biomedicine - Disease Modeling, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Riccardo E MarioniCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Janie CorleyLothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Simon R CoxLothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Ivan G CostaInstitute for Computational Genomics, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
Wolfgang WagnerInstitute for Stem Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany. wwagner@ukaachen.de.

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Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung VIP + PluripotencyScreenDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 363055819/GRK2415; WA 1706/12-2 within CRU344/417911533; WA1706/14-1; and particularly by SFB 1506/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 221890/Z/20/Z
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Abstract

Epigenetic aging signatures provide insights into human aging, but traditional clocks rely on linear regression of DNA methylation levels, assuming linear trajectories. This study explores a non-parametric approach using 2D-kernel density estimation to determine epigenetic age. Our weighted model achieves similar predictive accuracy as conventional clocks and provides a variation score reflecting the inherent variability of age-related epigenetic changes within samples. This score is significantly increased in various diseases and associated with mortality risk in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921. Thus, weighted 2D-kernel density estimation facilitates accurate epigenetic age predictions and offers an additional variable for biological age estimation.

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AgingEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsAdultAgedDNA MethylationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Aged2D density kernelsAgingDNA methylationEpigenetic clocksSurvival analysis

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PMID40264182
PMCPMC12016065

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