DNA methylation changes in response to active smoking exposure are associated with leukocyte telomere length among older adults

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1231-1241

  Gao, Xu ^a   Mons, Ute ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Breitling, Lutz Philipp ^a,b   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Epigenetic epidemiology; Gerontology; Smoking methylation; Telomere length; Whole blood sample

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELOMERE LENGTH; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGED; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84994731817     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0210-2     Document Type: Article

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