Exposure to Violence Accelerates Epigenetic Aging in Children

Abstract Epigenetic processes, including DNA methylation, change reliably with age across the lifespan, such that DNA methylation can be used as an “epigenetic clock”. This epigenetic clock can be used to predict age and age acceleration, which occurs when methylation-based prediction of age exceeds...

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Main Authors: Tanja Jovanovic, L. Alexander Vance, Dorthie Cross, Anna K. Knight, Varun Kilaru, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Torsten Klengel, Alicia K. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09235-9