Dynamics of telomere shortening in neutrophils and T lymphocytes during ageing and the relationship to skewed X chromosome inactivation patterns

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 272-279

  Robertson, Jane D ^a   Gale, Rosemary E ^b   Wynn, Robert F ^a   Dougal, Mark ^a   Linch, David C ^b   Testa, Nydia G ^a   Chopra, Rajesh ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ageing; Haemopoiesis; Telomere length; X chromosome inactivation patterns

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGENS, CD34; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FETAL BLOOD; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034039435     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01970.x     Document Type: Article

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