The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Peters, Marjolein J ^a   Joehanes, Roby ^b,c   Pilling, Luke C ^d   Schurmann, Claudia ^e,f   Conneely, Karen N ^g   Powell, Joseph ^h   Reinmaa, Eva ⁱ   Sutphin, George L ^j   Zhernakova, Alexandra ^k   Schramm, Katharina ^l,m   Wilson, Yana A ⁿ   Kobes, Sayuko ^o   Tukiainen, Taru ^p,q   Ramos, Yolande F ^r   Göring, Harald H H ^s   Fornage, Myriam ^t,u   Liu, Yongmei ^v   Gharib, Sina A ^w   Stranger, Barbara E ^x   De Jager, Philip L ^y   Aviv, Abraham ^z   Levy, Daniel ^b,c   Murabito, Joanne M ^b,aa   Munson, Peter J ^ab   Huan, Tianxiao ^b,c   Hofman, Albert ^a   Uitterlinden, André G ^a   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a   Van Rooij, Jeroen ^a   Stolk, Lisette ^a   Broer, Linda ^a   Verbiest, Michael M P J ^a   Jhamai, Mila ^a   Arp, Pascal ^a   Metspalu, Andres ⁱ   Tserel, Liina ^ac   Milani, Lili ⁱ   Samani, Nilesh J ^ad,ae   Peterson, Pärt ^ac   Kasela, Silva ⁱ   Codd, Veryan ^ad,ae   Peters, Annette ^l   Ward Caviness, Cavin K ^l   Herder, Christian ^af   Waldenberger, Melanie ^l   Roden, Michael ^af,ag   Singmann, Paula ^l   Zeilinger, Sonja ^l   Illig, Thomas ^ah   Homuth, Georg ^e   Grabe, Hans Jörgen ^e   Völzke, Henry ^e   Steil, Leif ^e   Kocher, Thomas ^e   Murray, Anna ^d   Melzer, David ^d   Yaghootkar, Hanieh ^d   Bandinelli, Stefania ^ai   Moses, Eric K ^aj   Kent, Jack W ^s   Curran, Joanne E ^s   Johnson, Matthew P ^s   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^s   Westra, Harm Jan ^k,y,ak,al   McRae, Allan F ^h   Smith, Jennifer A ^am   Kardia, Sharon L R ^am   Hovatta, Iiris ^p,q   Perola, Markus ^i,p,q   Ripatti, Samuli ^p,q,an   Salomaa, Veikko ^q   Henders, Anjali K ^h   Martin, Nicholas G ^ao   Smith, Alicia K ^g   Mehta, Divya ^ap   Binder, Elisabeth B ^ap   Nylocks, K Maria ^g   Kennedy, Elizabeth M ^g   Klengel, Torsten ^ap   Ding, Jingzhong ^v   Suchy Dicey, Astrid M ^w   Enquobahrie, Daniel A ^w   Brody, Jennifer ^aq   Rotter, Jerome I ^ar   Chen, Yii Der I ^ar   Houwing Duistermaat, Jeanine ^r   Kloppenburg, Margreet ^r   Slagboom, P Eline ^r   Helmer, Quinta ^r   Den Hollander, Wouter ^r   Bean, Shannon ^j   Raj, Towfique ^y   Bakhshi, Noman ⁿ   Wang, Qiao Ping ⁿ   Oyston, Lisa J ⁿ   Psaty, Bruce M ^aq,as   Tracy, Russell P ^at   Montgomery, Grant W ^ao   Turner, Stephen T ^au   Blangero, John ^s   Meulenbelt, Ingrid ^r   Ressler, Kerry J ^g   Yang, Jian ^h   Franke, Lude ^k   Kettunen, Johannes ^p,q,av   Visscher, Peter M ^h   Neely, G Gregory ⁿ   Korstanje, Ron ^j   Hanson, Robert L ^o   Prokisch, Holger ^l,m   Ferrucci, Luigi ^aw   Esko, Tonu ^i,y,ak,ax   Teumer, Alexander ^e   Van Meurs, Joyce B J ^a   Johnson, Andrew D ^b,c   Nalls, Michael A ^aw   Hernandez, Dena G ^aw,ay   Cookson, Mark R ^aw   Gibbs, Raphael J ^aw,ay   Hardy, John ^ay   Ramasamy, Adaikalavan ^ay,az   Zonderman, Alan B ^aw   Dillman, Allissa ^aw,ba   Traynor, Bryan ^aw   Smith, Colin ^bb   Longo, Dan L ^aw   Trabzuni, Daniah ^ay,bc   Troncoso, Juan ^bd   Van Der Brug, Marcel ^aw,be   Weale, Michael E ^az   O'Brien, Richard ^bd   Johnson, Robert ^bf   Walker, Robert ^bb   Zielke, Ronald H ^bf   Arepalli, Sampath ^aw   Ryten, Mina ^ay   Singleton, Andrew B ^aw   more..

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^j JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^l INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^m TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^q NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^r LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^v WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^y HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^z University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^aa BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ab NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ae GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^af HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ag UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^ah HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^ai SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^ak BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^al LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^an WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^ao QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^ap MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ar HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^as CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^at UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^au MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^av UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^aw NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^ax BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ay UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^az GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ba KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^bc KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^bd JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^be GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^bf Johns Hopkins University ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; METHYLATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AGING; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS;

AGING; BIOMARKERS; DNA METHYLATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84945143930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9570     Document Type: Article

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