Body weight at young adulthood and association with epigenetic aging and lifespan in the BXD murine family
José Vladimir Sandoval-Sierra, Alexandra H. B. Helbing, Evan G. Williams, David George Ashbrook, Suheeta Roy, Robert W. Williams, Khyobeni Mozhui
This study examines the relationship between body weight, epigenetic aging, and lifespan in BXD mouse strains, finding that higher body weight and high-fat diet accelerate epigenetic aging and shorten lifespan.
Aging Cell · Aug 12, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics