Epigenetic Aging Signatures Are Coherently Modified in Cancer.

Aging is associated with highly reproducible DNA methylation (DNAm) changes, which may contribute to higher prevalence of malignant diseases in the elderly. In this study, we analyzed epigenetic aging signatures in 5,621 DNAm profiles of 25 cancer types from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Overall,...

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Main Authors: Qiong Lin, Wolfgang Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4482318?pdf=render