Promoter polymorphism in the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene is significantly associated with leukocyte telomere length in Han Chinese

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Li, Ping ^a   Liu, Tiantian ^b,c   Liu, Jiajia ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Lou, Fenglan ^a   Kong, Feng ^a   Cheng, Guanghui ^a   Björkholm, Magnus ^c   Zheng, Chengyun ^a   Xu, Dawei ^a,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

5 HTTLPR GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899436002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094442     Document Type: Article

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