Telomere length dynamics in the human pituitary gland: Robust preservation throughout adult life to centenarian age

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 795-804

  Ishikawa, Naoshi ^a   Nakamura, Ken Ichi ^a   Izumiyama, Naotaka ^a   Aida, Junko ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^a,c   Arai, Tomio ^a,c   Kishimoto, Hiroshi ^b   Fujiwara, Mutsunori ^d   Ishii, Akio ^a   Takubo, Kaiyo ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Human aging; Pituitary gland; Telomere; Terminal restriction fragment (TRF)

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; INFANT; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SAMPLING STUDIES; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866491211     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9280-y     Document Type: Article

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