Telomere Dysfunction in Peripheral Lymphocytes as a Potential Predisposition Factor for Renal Cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1492-1496

  Shao, Lina ^a   Wood, Christopher G ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Tannir, Nizar M ^a   Matin, Surena ^a   Dinney, Colin P ^a   Wu, Xifeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinoma; kidney; lymphocytes; renal cell; telomere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; TELOMERE;

EID: 34548380891     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.112     Document Type: Article

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