Journal article
DNA methylation-based biological age, genome-wide average DNA methylation, and conventional breast cancer risk factors
Minyuan Chen, Ee Ming Wong, Tuong L Nguyen, Gillian S Dite, Jennifer Stone, Pierre-Antoine Dugue, Graham G Giles, Melissa C Southey, Roger L Milne, John L Hopper, Shuai Li
Scientific Reports | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019
Grants
Awarded by Centre of Research Excellence Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Awarded by NHMRC
Awarded by National Breast Cancer Foundation
Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank all women who participated in this study. This research was facilitated through access to Twins Research Australia, a national resource supported by a Centre of Research Excellence Grant (ID: 1079102) from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The Australian Mammographic Density Twins and Sisters Study is supported by the NHMRC (grant numbers 1050561 and 1079102), Cancer Australia and National Breast Cancer Foundation (grant number 509307). MCS is a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow (APP1155163). JLH is a Redmond Barry Professorial Fellow and a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow. TLN and SL are Cancer Council Victoria Postdoctoral Research Fellows. The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study cohort recruitment was funded by VicHealth and Cancer Council Victoria. The cohort was further augmented by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council grants number 209057, 396414 and 1074383 and by infrastructure provided by Cancer Council Victoria. Additional support was received from the NHMRC project grant numbers 1011618, 1026892, 1027505, 1050198, and 1043616, and the Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium (PI Southey).