Skeletal muscle telomere length in healthy, experienced, endurance runners

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-330

  Rae, Dale E ^a,g   Vignaud, Alban ^b,c   Butler Browne, Gillian S ^b,c   Thornell, Lars Eric ^d   Sinclair Smith, Colin ^e   Derman, E Wayne ^a   Lambert, Mike I ^a   Collins, Malcolm ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic training and racing; Endurance exercise; Skeletal muscle DNA telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; TELOMERE;

ADULT; ATHLETES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; TELOMERE;

EID: 77953546015     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1353-6     Document Type: Article

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