Human leukocyte telomere length is associated with DNA methylation levels in multiple subtelomeric and imprinted loci

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Buxton, Jessica L ^a   Suderman, Matthew ^b,c   Pappas, Jane J ^c,d   Borghol, Nada ^e   McArdle, Wendy ^b   Blakemore, Alexandra I F ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^f   Power, Christine ^g   Szyf, Moshe ^c   Pembrey, Marcus ^g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e LEBANESE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFP-57 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BINDING SITE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BINDING SITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900848092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04954     Document Type: Article

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