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No Association between Mean Telomere Length and Life Stress Observed in a 30 Year Birth Cohort

Telomeres are specialised structures that cap the ends of chromosomes. They shorten with each cell division and have been proposed as a marker of cellular aging. Previous studies suggest that early life stressors increase the rate of telomere shortening with potential impact on disease states and mo...

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Autores principales: Jodczyk, Sarah, Fergusson, David M., Horwood, L. John, Pearson, John F., Kennedy, Martin A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4016252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24816913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097102