Werner syndrome (WRN) gene variants and their association with altered function and age-associated diseases

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2018, Pages 82-97

  Lebel, Michel ^a   Monnat, Raymond J ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related phenotypes; Cancer; Longevity; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

WERNER SYNDROME ATP DEPENDENT HELICASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; RECQ HELICASE; WRN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CATARACT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANCY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONGEVITY; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MENINGIOMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHENOTYPE; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; WERNER SYNDROME; AGING; ANIMAL; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RECQ HELICASES; WERNER SYNDROME; WERNER SYNDROME HELICASE;

EID: 85034047570     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2017.11.003     Document Type: Review

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