Age- and sex-dependent DNA hypomethylation controlled by growth hormone in mouse liver

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 134, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 331-337

  Takasugi, Masaki ^a   Hayakawa, Koji ^a   Arai, Daisuke ^a   Shiota, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA hypomethylation; Growth hormone; Liver; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; GROWTH HORMONE; NICOTINAMIDE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CXCL11 GENE; CYP17A1 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HSD3B5 GENE; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NNMT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREH GENE; ZFP809 GENE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; GROWTH HORMONE; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84880135539     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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