Telomere biology in healthy aging and disease

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 459, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-268

  Oeseburg, Hisko ^a   De Boer, Rudolf A ^a   Van Gilst, Wiek H ^a   Van Der Harst, Pim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Cell death; Heart; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

AGING; AGING, PREMATURE; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL AGING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE;

EID: 73749085743     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-009-0728-1     Document Type: Review

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