Epigenetic clock analysis in long-term meditators
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In this paper, we examined whether meditation practice influences the epigenetic clock, a strong and reproducible biomarker of biological aging, which is accelerated by cumulative lifetime stress and with age-related chronic diseases. Using the Illumina 450K array platform, we analyzed the DNA methylome from blood cells of long-term meditators and meditation-naïve controls to estimate their Intrinsic Epigenetic Age Acceleration (IEAA), using Horvath's calculator. IEAA was similar in both groups. However, controls showed a different IEAA trajectory with aging than meditators: older controls (age≥52) had significantly higher IEAAs compared with younger controls (age <52), while meditators were protected from this epigenetic aging effect. Notably, in the meditation group, we found a significant negative correlation between IEAA and the number of years of regular meditation practice. From our results, we hypothesize that the cumulative effects of a regular meditation practice may, in the long-term, help to slow the epigenetic clock and could represent a useful preventive strategy for age-related chronic diseases. Longitudinal randomized controlled trials in larger cohorts are warranted to confirm and further characterize these findings.
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Persistent MM influences the epigenetic ageing rates (the level of deviation between the DNA methylation age and the chronological age).
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- Authors
- Chaix, R., Alvarez-López, M. J., Fagny, M., Lemee, L., Regnault, B., Davidson, R. J., Lutz, A., & Kaliman, P.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Harvard University (US)
- Institut Pasteur (FR)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chaix, Raphaëlle
- Kaliman, Perla
- Venue
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-11
- Volume
- 85
- Pages
- 210-214
- ISSN
- 0306-4530 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5863232
- OpenAlex
- W2751652947
- Cited by
- 77
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 2.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychoneuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-11-IDEX-0007, ANR-11-LABX-0042)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (P01AT004952)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Biofield Effects and Biophysics
- Keywords
- meditation, epigenetic clocks, DNA methylation, biological aging, Horvath clock, age-related chronic diseases, blood cells
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Aging, Humans, Middle Aged, Biomarkers, Meditation, DNA Methylation, Epigenesis, Genetic
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