Tick tock: DNA methylation, the epigenetic clock and exceptional longevity

Epigenomics. 2016 Dec;8(12):1577-1582. doi: 10.2217/epi-2016-0137. Epub 2016 Nov 18.

Authors

Karen A Mather¹, Nicola J Armstrong², Anbupalam Thalamuthu¹, John Bj Kwok^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
² Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
³ Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia.
⁴ School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

PMID: 27855491
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2016-0137

No abstract available

Keywords: DNA methylation; epigenetic clock; exceptional longevity; longitudinal studies.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aging / genetics*
Cross-Sectional Studies
DNA Methylation*
Epigenesis, Genetic*
Humans
Longevity / genetics*
Longitudinal Studies
Middle Aged