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Age and gender effects on DNA strand break repair in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

  1. Christian Garm1,2,3,†,
  2. Maria Moreno-Villanueva4,
  3. Alexander Bürkle4,
  4. Inge Petersen2,
  5. Vilhelm A. Bohr5,
  6. Kaare Christensen2,3,
  7. Tinna Stevnsner1,*

Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/acel.12019

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Aging Cell

Aging Cell

Volume 12, Issue 1, pages 58–66, February 2013

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Garm, C., Moreno-Villanueva, M., Bürkle, A., Petersen, I., Bohr, V. A., Christensen, K. and Stevnsner, T. (2013), Age and gender effects on DNA strand break repair in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Aging Cell, 12: 58–66. doi: 10.1111/acel.12019

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  1. 1

    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Danish Center of Molecular Gerontology and Danish Aging Research Center, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

  2. 2

    Epidemiology Unit, The Danish Aging Research Center, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

  3. 3

    Departments of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

  4. 4

    Molecular Toxicology Group, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

  5. 5

    Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

  1. †

    The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exists.

* Correspondence
Tinna Stevnsner, Laboratory of DNA Repair and Aging, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, C.F. Moellers Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel.: +45 87155482; fax: +45 87154904; e-mail: tvs@mb.au.dk

  1. †

    The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exists.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 22 OCT 2012 10:16AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 7 OCT 2012

Funded by

  • VELUX Foundation
  • Ausschuss für Forschungsfragen
  • University of Konstanz
  • Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

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