Tick tock: DNA methylation, the epigenetic clock and exceptional longevity

Epigenomics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1577-1582

  Mather, Karen A ^a   Armstrong, Nicola J ^b   Thalamuthu, Anbupalam ^a   Kwok, John B J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epigenetic clock; exceptional longevity; longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CLINICAL OUTCOME; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85002931212     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2016-0137     Document Type: Note

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