Telomere length in cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes
Telomere attrition during mitosis is thought to be a mechanism for cell senescence, which is induced when the mean length reduces below a critical value. Oxidative DNA damage has been suggested to cause greater telomere loss per cell division. Thus telomere length indicates the cells' replicati...
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University College London (University of London)
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565544 |