Genomic studies in ageing research: The need to integrate genetic and gene expression approaches

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-166

  Passtoors, W M ^a   Beekman, M ^a   Gunn, D ^b   Boer, J M ^c   Heijmans, B T ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a   Zwaan, B J ^d   Slagboom, P E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Human and Clinical Genetics   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Expression; Genomics; Longevity; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGING; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MARKER GENE; MITOCHONDRION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38349132998     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01904.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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