Association between blood pressure and DNA methylation of retrotransposons and pro-inflammatory genes
Open Access
- 1 February 2013
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 42 (1), 270-280
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys220
Abstract
Background Methylation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is an epigenetic regulator of gene expression that changes with age, but its contribution to aging-related disorders, including high blood pressure (BP), is still largely unknown. We examined the relation of BP to the methylation of retrotransposon sequences of DNA and of selected candidate genes.Keywords
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