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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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Public Library of Science
2008
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| 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 |