The epigenetic landscape of age-related diseases: the geroscience perspective

Biogerontology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 549-559

  Gensous, Noémie ^a   Bacalini, Maria Giulia ^b   Pirazzini, Chiara ^b   Marasco, Elena ^a   Giuliani, Cristina ^a   Ravaioli, Francesco ^a   Mengozzi, Giacomo ^a   Bertarelli, Claudia ^a   Palmas, Maria Giustina ^a   Franceschi, Claudio ^a,b   Garagnani, Paolo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO DELLE SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age related diseases; Aging; DNA methylation; Epigenetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 3;

AGE RELATED DISEASE; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COL15A1 GENE; CPG ISLAND; CPT1A GENE; DISEASES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FRAILTY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; TGFBR3 GENE; AGE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERIATRICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FRAILTY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85016112304     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-017-9695-7     Document Type: Article

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