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| license: mit |
| library_name: pyaging |
| tags: |
| - pyaging |
| - aging-clock |
| - biology |
| - dna-methylation |
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| |
| # pedbe |
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| Pediatric chronological-age estimator developed specifically for noninvasive buccal epithelial-cell samples. |
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| | **Predicts** | chronological age | |
| | **Species** | Homo sapiens | |
| | **Tissue** | buccal epithelium | |
| | **Data type** | DNA methylation | |
| | **Model type** | elastic net regression | |
| | **Year** | 2020 | |
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| ## Use with pyaging |
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| ```python |
| import pyaging as pya |
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| pya.pred.predict_age(adata, ["pedbe"]) |
| ``` |
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| Browse every clock in the [pyaging Clock Catalogue](https://pyaging.readthedocs.io). |
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| ## Citation |
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| McEwen, Lisa M., et al. "The PedBE clock accurately estimates DNA methylation age in pediatric buccal cells." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (2020): 23329–23335. |
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| https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820843116 |
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