Mitochondrial DNA copy number in peripheral blood cells declines with age and is associated with general health among elderly

Human Genetics

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1149-1159

  Mengel From, Jonas ^a,b   Thinggaard, Mikael ^a   Dalgård, Christine ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^a,b   Christiansen, Lene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GERIATRICS; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; UNDERWEIGHT; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907424928     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-014-1458-9     Document Type: Article

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