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Epigenetic aging upon allogeneic transplantation: the hematopoietic niche does not affect age-associated DNA methylation

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Acknowledgements

We thank Renate Schulz for excellent technical assistance. This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (WA/1706/2-1) and the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research within the Faculty of Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University (IZKF grants O1-1, O1-5 and O1-6).

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  1. Department of Stem Cell Biology and Cellular Engineering, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany

    C I Weidner & W Wagner

  2. Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany

    P Ziegler & T H Brümmendorf

  3. Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    M Hahn, A D Ho & P Dreger

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RWTH Aachen has applied for a patent application for the Epigenetic-Aging-Signature. WW is involved in the company Cygenia GmbH that can provide service for the Epigenetic-Aging-Signature. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Weidner, C., Ziegler, P., Hahn, M. et al. Epigenetic aging upon allogeneic transplantation: the hematopoietic niche does not affect age-associated DNA methylation. Leukemia 29, 985–988 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2014.323

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