Role of telomerase in the cardiovascular system

Genes

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Zurek, Mark ^a   Altschmied, Joachim ^a   Kohlgrüber, Stefanie ^a   Ale Agha, Niloofar ^a   Haendeler, Judith ^a,b  

^a IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular cells; Telomerase reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P53; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EXERCISE; GENETIC BACKGROUND; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RNA PROCESSING; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TH1 CELL; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL;

EID: 84975140877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes7060029     Document Type: Review

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