Aging-related alterations of subtelomeric methylation in sarcoidosis patients

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 752-760

  Maeda, Toyoki ^a   Jing, Zhi Guan ^a   Higuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Oyama, Jun Ichi ^a   Makino, Naoki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA methylation; Sarcoidosis; Subtelomere; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; ALGORITHM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL AGING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL AGING; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 67649646601     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp049     Document Type: Article

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