Leucocyte telomere length as marker for cardiovascular ageing

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 251-256

  Zietzer, A ^a   Hillmeister, P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAUGHTER CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDURANCE SPORT; FOAM CELL; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; LIFE STRESS; MACROPHAGE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATIC CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84900797427     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12284     Document Type: Article

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