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Methylome-wide Analysis of Chronic HIV Infection Reveals Five-Year Increase in Biological Age and Epigenetic Targeting of HLA.
Molecular cell - 21 Apr 2016
Gross Andrew M, Jaeger Philipp A, Kreisberg Jason F, Licon Katherine, Jepsen Kristen L, Khosroheidari Mahdieh, Morsey Brenda M, Swindells Susan, Shen Hui, Ng Cherie T, Flagg Ken, Chen Daniel, Zhang Kang, Fox Howard S, Ideker Trey
Abstract excerpt
HIV-infected individuals are living longer on antiretroviral therapy, but many patients display signs that in some ways resemble premature aging. To investigate and quantify the impact of chronic HIV infection on aging, we report a global analysis of the whole-blood DNA methylomes of 137 HIV+ individuals under sustained therapy along with 44 matched HIV- individuals. First, we develop and validate epigenetic...
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