Telomere Attrition Due to Infection

BACKGROUND: Telomeres–the terminal caps of chromosomes–become shorter as individuals age, and there is much interest in determining what causes telomere attrition since this process may play a role in biological aging. The leading hypothesis is that telomere attrition is due to inflammation, exposur...

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Autores principales: Ilmonen, Petteri, Kotrschal, Alexander, Penn, Dustin J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2366059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18478110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002143

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2366059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18478110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002143

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