Hypomethylation of Alu elements in post-menopausal women with osteoporosis.

A decrease in genomic methylation commonly occurs in aging cells; however, whether this epigenetic modification leads to age-related phenotypes has not been evaluated. Alu elements are the major interspersed repetitive DNA elements in humans that lose DNA methylation in aging individuals. Alu demeth...

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Main Authors: Pornrutsami Jintaridth, Rungsunn Tungtrongchitr, Sangchai Preutthipan, Apiwat Mutirangura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23990903/pdf/?tool=EBI