Epigenome-wide scans identify differentially methylated regions for age and age-related phenotypes in a healthy ageing population

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bell, Jordana T ^a,b   Tsai, Pei Chien ^b   Yang, Tsun Po ^c   Pidsley, Ruth ^b   Nisbet, James ^c   Glass, Daniel ^b   Mangino, Massimo ^b   Zhai, Guangju ^b,d   Zhang, Feng ^b   Valdes, Ana ^b   Shin, So Youn ^c   Dempster, Emma L ^b   Murray, Robin M ^b   Grundberg, Elin ^b,c   Hedman, Asa K ^a   Nica, Alexandra ^e   Small, Kerrin S ^b   Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ^e   McCarthy, Mark I ^a,f,g   Mill, Jonathan ^b   Spector, Tim D ^b   Deloukas, Panos ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 4; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 4A; PROTEIN TBX20; STAT5A PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SENESCENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWINS; CELL AGING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL AGING; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84860572791     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002629     Document Type: Article

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