Reflections on telomere dynamics and ageing-related diseases in humans

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 373, Issue 1741, 2018, Pages

  Aviv, Abraham ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^b,c  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

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

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Evolution; Genetics; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOMARKER; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL; CHROMOSOME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TRADE-OFF;

AGING; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PATERNAL AGE; SEX FACTOR; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PATERNAL AGE; RACE FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 85040644206     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0436     Document Type: Article

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