Systematic and Cell Type-Specific Telomere Length Changes in Subsets of Lymphocytes

Telomeres, the protective DNA-protein complexes at the ends of linear chromosomes, are important for genome stability. Leukocyte or peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) telomere length is a potential biomarker for human aging that integrates genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors and is a...

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Main Authors: Lin, Jue, Cheon, Joshua, Brown, Rashida, Coccia, Michael, Puterman, Eli, Aschbacher, Kirstin, Sinclair, Elizabeth, Epel, Elissa, Blackburn, Elizabeth H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764743/