The potential role of DNA methylation in abdominal aortic aneurysms

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 11259-11275

  Ryer, Evan J ^a   Ronning, Kaitryn E ^b,c   Erdman, Robert ^b   Schworer, Charles M ^b   Elmore, James R ^a   Peeler, Thomas C ^c   Nevius, Christopher D ^b   Lillvis, John H ^d   Garvin, Robert P ^a   Franklin, David P ^a   Kuivaniemi, Helena ^b,e   Tromp, Gerard ^b  

^a GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WEIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AAA; ADCY10P1; Aortic aneurysm; CNN2; DNA methylation; KLHL35; SERPINB9

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE 10 PSEUDOGENE 1; CALPONIN 2; KELCH LIKE FAMILY MEMBER 35; PROTEIN; SERPIN PEPTIDASE INHIBITOR CLADE B MEMBER 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPONIN; DNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERPINB9 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AORTA; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOGENE; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PSEUDOGENES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERPINS; SMOKING;

EID: 84930662117     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160511259     Document Type: Article

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