Alteration of Telomere Length and Subtelomeric Methylation in Human Endothelial Cell Under Different Levels of Hypoxia

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-20

  Guan, Jing Zhi ^a   Guan, Wei Ping ^b   Maeda, Toyoki ^c   Makino, Naoki ^c  

^a 309TH HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY BEPPU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Endothelial cell; Hypoxia; Subtelomere; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; ISOSCHIZOMER; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SOMATIC CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84859254728     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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