Aging, exceptional longevity and comparisons of the Hannum and Horvath epigenetic clocks

Epigenomics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 689-700

  Armstrong, Nicola J ^a,b   Mather, Karen A ^a   Thalamuthu, Anbupalam ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^c   Trollor, Julian N ^a   Ames, David ^d,e   Brodaty, Henry ^a,f   Schofield, Peter R ^a,g   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,h   Kwok, John B ^a,g,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e National Aging Research Institute   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acceleration; age; aging; centenarians; DNAmage; epigenetic clock; longevity

Indexed keywords

DNA; GELATINASE B; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER 2; RNA;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; C9ORF64 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FHL2 GENE; GENE; HUMAN; KCNC4 GENE; KIAA1199 GENE; KLF14 GENE; LONGEVITY; LOXL2 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PCDHB1 GENE; POMC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMC4 GENE; SPATA18 GENE; STRA6 GENE; TRIM59 GENE; VERY ELDERLY; ADULT; CPG ISLAND; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85019595177     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2016-0179     Document Type: Article

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