Telomere length dynamics differ in foetal and early post-natal human leukocytes in a longitudinal study

Biogerontology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Holmes, Denise K ^a   Bellantuono, Ilaria ^a,b   Walkinshaw, Steve A ^c   Alfirevic, Zarko ^c   Johnston, Tracey A ^d   Subhedar, Nimish V ^c   Chittick, Rachel ^c   Swindell, Richard ^e   Wynn, Robert F ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Foetal; Hematopoiesis; Progenitors; Stem cells; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TELOMERE;

AGE FACTORS; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL STEM CELLS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOCYTES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TELOMERE;

EID: 67349201436     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-008-9194-y     Document Type: Article

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