Mitochondria in health, aging and diseases: the epigenetic perspective

Biogerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 569-585

  D’Aquila, Patrizia ^a   Bellizzi, Dina ^a   Passarino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); Mitochondrial DNA methylation; Mitochondrial epigenetics; Mitochondrial genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AGING; BIOENERGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CPG ISLAND; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL HAPLOGROUP; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; AGE; ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH STATUS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84940585986     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-015-9562-3     Document Type: Review

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