Human age estimation from blood using mRNA, DNA methylation, DNA rearrangement, and telomere length

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-43

  Zubakov, Dmitry ^a   Liu, Fan ^a,b   Kokmeijer, Iris ^a   Choi, Ying ^a   van Meurs, Joyce B J ^a   van IJcken, Wilfred F J ^a   Uitterlinden, André G ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Broer, Linda ^a   van Duijn, Cornelia M ^a   Lewin, Jörn ^c   Kayser, Manfred ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^c EPIGENOMICS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood biomarkers; DNA methylation; Forensic; Gene expression; Human age estimation; mRNA; sjTREC; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982161044     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.05.014     Document Type: Article

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