Reduced telomere length variation in healthy oldest old

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 638-641

  Halaschek Wiener, Julius ^a   Vulto, Irma ^b   Fornika, Dan ^a   Collins, Jennifer ^a   Connors, Joseph M ^a   Le, Nhu D ^a   Lansdorp, Peter M ^b,c   Brooks Wilson, Angela ^a,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow FISH; Healthy aging; Healthy seniors; Oldest old; Telomere attrition; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

CD45RA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD45; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56949088692     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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