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Sequential use of transcriptional profiling, expression quantitative trait mapping, and gene association implicates MMP20 in human kidney aging.
PLoS genetics - 1 Oct 2009
Wheeler Heather E, Metter E Jeffrey, Tanaka Toshiko, Absher Devin, Higgins John, Zahn Jacob M, Wilhelmy Julie, Davis Ronald W, Singleton Andrew, Myers Richard M, Ferrucci Luigi, Kim Stuart K
Abstract excerpt
Kidneys age at different rates, such that some people show little or no effects of aging whereas others show rapid functional decline. We sequentially used transcriptional profiling and expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) mapping to narrow down which genes to test for association with kidne...
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