Table 5.
List of studies investigating the effect of caloric restriction on DNA methylation.
| Reference | Animal | Sex | Method | Tissue | Length of CR* | Age Studied* | CpG Sites Studied | % Sites Altered by CR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim et al. (2016) | Rat (Sprague Dawley) | Male | MeDIP-Seq | Kidney | 1 | 25 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cole et al. (2017) | Mice (UM-HET3) | Female | WGBS | Liver | 18 | 22 | ~42 million | ~3%** |
| Hahn et al. (2017) | mice (c3b6f1) | Female | BS-Seq | Liver | 24 | 27 | ~29 million | ~18% |
| Hadad et al. (2018) | Mice (C57BL/6) | Male | BOCS | Hippocampus | 21 | 24 | ~2 million | ~35% |
Given in months.
This percentage is based on differentially methylated regions and not specific CpG sites.