Age related changes in 5-methylcytosine content in human peripheral leukocytes and placentas: An HPLC-based study

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-204

  Fuke, C ^a   Shimabukuro, M ^a   Petronis, A ^b   Sugimoto, J ^a   Oda, T ^a   Miura, K ^c   Miyazaki, T ^a   Ogura, C ^a   Okazaki, Y ^d   Jinno, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 methylcytosine; Ageing; Epigenetics; HERV; HPLC; Leukocytes; Placenta; Retrotransposons

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES;

EID: 4444375474     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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