Human leukocyte telomere length is associated with DNA methylation levels in multiple subtelomeric and imprinted loci.

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Published in Sci Rep on May 14, 2014

Authors

Jessica L Buxton1, Matthew Suderman2, Jane J Pappas3, Nada Borghol4, Wendy McArdle5, Alexandra I F Blakemore6, Clyde Hertzman7, Christine Power8, Moshe Szyf9, Marcus Pembrey8

Author Affiliations

1: 1] Section of Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK [2].
2: 1] University of Bristol, Bristol, UK [2] McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [3].
3: 1] McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [2] University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
4: Lebanese International University and Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
5: University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
6: Section of Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
7: 1] University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [2].
8: UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
9: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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