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Changes in DNA methylation patterns and repetitive sequences in blood lymphocytes of aged horses.
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 1 Feb 2014
Wnuk Maciej, Lewinska Anna, Gurgul Artur, Zabek Tomasz, Potocki Leszek, Oklejewicz Bernadetta, Bugno-Poniewierska Monika, Wegrzyn Magdalena, Slota Ewa
Abstract excerpt
It is known that aged organisms have modified epigenomes. Epigenetic modifications, such as changes in global and locus-specific DNA methylation, and histone modifications are suspected to play an important role in cancer development and aging. In the present study, with the well-established horse aging model, we showed the global loss of DNA methylation in blood lymphocytes during juvenile-to-aged period....
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