Telomere length-heterogeneity among myeloid cells is a predictor for chronological ageing

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 363-366

  Hoffmann, Jedrzej ^a   Erben, Young ^a   Zeiher, Andreas M ^a   Dimmeler, Stefanie ^a   Spyridopoulos, Ioakim ^a,b  

^a Centre of Molecular Medicine   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Granulocytes; Lymphocytes; Monocytes; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYELOID CELLS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

EID: 64449083351     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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