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Exposure to Violence Accelerates Epigenetic Aging in Children

Epigenetic processes, including DNA methylation, change reliably with age across the lifespan, such that DNA methylation can be used as an “epigenetic clock”. This epigenetic clock can be used to predict age and age acceleration, which occurs when methylation-based prediction of age exceeds chronolo...

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Autores principales: Jovanovic, Tanja, Vance, L. Alexander, Cross, Dorthie, Knight, Anna K., Kilaru, Varun, Michopoulos, Vasiliki, Klengel, Torsten, Smith, Alicia K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28827677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09235-9