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- Title
Stress, social rank and leukocyte telomere length.
- Authors
Lansdorp, Peter M
- Abstract
Blood leukocytes are a heterogeneous mixture of cell types whose telomere lengths differ greatly, reflecting variation in stem cell turnover and recruitment, expansion and replacement of more mature cell types as well as variable telomere loss and telomere repair. These differences in cell and telomere length dynamics, together with the evidence that telomere length is influenced strongly by genetic polymorphisms, greatly complicate the interpretation of claims that socio-economic status modulates the rate of telomere attrition.
- Publication
Aging cell, 2006, Vol 5, Issue 6, p583
- ISSN
1474-9718
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00247.x