Telomere-associated aging disorders

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue , 2017, Pages 52-66

  Opresko, Patricia L ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Premature aging; RecQ helicases; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

RECQ HELICASE; RECQL4 HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TELOMERASE;

AGING; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BLOOM SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURE AGING; PROGERIA; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE LENGTH; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WERNER SYNDROME; ANIMAL; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGING; AGING, PREMATURE; ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MUTATION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84988727990     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2016.05.009     Document Type: Review

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