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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Steve Horvath
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-67748 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of infectious diseases 20150512 10
<h4>Background</h4>Infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) is associated with clinical symptoms of accelerated aging, as evidenced by the increased incidence and diversity of age-related illnesses at relatively young ages and supporting findings of organ and cellular pathologic analyses. But it has been difficult to detect an accelerated aging effect at a molecular level.<h4>Methods</h4>Here, we used an epigenetic biomarker of aging based on host DNA methylation levels to study ...[more]