Concordant and discordant DNA methylation signatures of aging in human blood and brain

Epigenetics and Chromatin

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Farré, Pau ^a   Jones, Meaghan J ^b,c   Meaney, Michael J ^d,e,f   Emberly, Eldon ^a   Turecki, Gustavo ^g   Kobor, Michael S ^b,c,f  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^f CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood; Brain; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEEK CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE ONTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; MALE; ORAL BIOPSY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 84929310923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13072-015-0011-y     Document Type: Article

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