@article {27273,
	title = {Associations of Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis with accelerated epigenetic ageing in older adults},
	journal = {Br J Cancer},
	volume = {117},
	number = {8},
	year = {2017},
	note = {Gao, Xu Zhang, Yan Brenner, Hermann eng England Br J Cancer. 2017 Oct 10;117(8):1211-1214. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.314. Epub 2017 Sep 12.},
	pages = {1211-1214},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection and chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) have shown strong associations with the development of gastric cancer. This study aimed to examine whether both risk factors are associated with accelerated epigenetic ageing, as determined by the \&$\#$039;DNA methylation age\&$\#$039;, in a population-based study of older adults (n=1477). METHODS: Serological measurements of HP antibodies and pepsinogen I and II for CAG definition were obtained by ELISA kits. Whole blood DNA methylation profiles were measured by Illumina Human Methylation450K Beadchip. DNA methylation ages were calculated by two algorithms proposed by Horvath and Hannum et al. RESULTS: After adjusting for potential covariates in linear regression models, we found that HP infection, infection with virulent HP strains (CagA+) and severe CAG were significantly associated with an increase in DNA methylation age by approximately 0.4, 0.6 and 1 year (all P-values \&lt;0.05), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our study indicates that both CagA+ HP infection and CAG go along with accelerated epigenetic ageing.},
	keywords = {Aged Aging/*genetics Antibodies, Atrophic/complications/*genetics/metabolism Helicobacter Infections/complications/*genetics/immunology/metabolism Helicobacter pylori/immunology Humans Linear Models Male Middle Aged Pepsinogen A/metabolism Pepsinogen C/metabolism Severity of Illness Ind, Bacterial/immunology Cellular Senescence/*genetics Chronic Disease *DNA Methylation Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Epigenesis, Genetic/*genetics Female Gastritis},
	issn = {1532-1827 (Electronic) 0007-0920 (Linking)},
	doi = {10.1038/bjc.2017.314},
	url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28898235},
	author = {Gao, X. and Y. Zhang and Brenner, H.}
}
