DNA methylation of the TNF-α promoter region in peripheral blood monocytes and the cortex of human Alzheimer's disease patients

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 10-15

  Kaut, Oliver ^a   Ramirez, Alfredo ^a   Pieper, Heike ^a   Schmitt, Ina ^b   Jessen, Frank ^a   Wüllner, Ullrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cytokines; Dementia; Epigenetics

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UPREGULATION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; DNA MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; BLOOD; BRAIN; EPIGENETICS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84895677970     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357126     Document Type: Article

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