Assessment of candidate ocular biomarkers of ageing in a South African adult population: Relationship with chronological age and systemic biomarkers

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 134, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 338-345

  Pathai, Sophia ^a,b   Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b   Weiss, Helen A ^c   Peto, Tunde ^d   Cook, Colin ^e   Wong, Tien Y ^f   Shiels, Paul G ^g  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CDKN2A; Corneal endothelium; Frailty; Lens density; Retinal nerve fibre layer; Retinal vessel calibre; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS DENSITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; RETINAL VESSEL CALIBER; SOUTH AFRICA; TELOMERE LENGTH; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; SOUTH AFRICA; TELOMERE;

EID: 84880166541     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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