Towards a gene expression biomarker set for human biological age

Aging Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 324-326

  Holly, Alice C ^a   Melzer, David ^a   Pilling, Luke C ^a   Henley, William ^a   Hernandez, Dena G ^b   Singleton, Andrew B ^b   Bandinelli, Stefania ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Harries, Lorna W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological aging; Cell senescence; Mrna expression; Predictive model.

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

AGE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SARCOPENIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

EID: 84878899881     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acel.12044     Document Type: Article

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