Kidney-specific methylation patterns correlate with kidney function and are lost upon kidney disease progression
Abstract Background Chronological and biological age correlate with DNA methylation levels at specific sites in the genome. Linear combinations of multiple methylation sites, termed epigenetic clocks, can inform us the chronological age and predict multiple health-related outcomes. However, why some...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-02-01
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Series: | Clinical Epigenetics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01642-w |