A roadmap for the genetic analysis of renal aging

Aging Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 725-733

  Noordmans, Gerda A ^a   Hillebrands, Jan Luuk ^a   van Goor, Harry ^a   Korstanje, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetics; Human; Kidney; Mouse; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINURIA; CELL AGING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CUBN GENE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL AGING; REVIEW; SHROOM3 GENE; UMOD GENE; AGING; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KIDNEY; METABOLISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84940890766     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acel.12378     Document Type: Review

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