Telomere Shortening
"Telomere Shortening" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The loss of some TELOMERE sequence during DNA REPLICATION of the first several base pairs of a linear DNA molecule; or from DNA DAMAGE. Cells have various mechanisms to restore length (TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS.) Telomere shortening is involved in the progression of CELL AGING.
| Descriptor ID |
D059506
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.087.222.940 G02.149.115.222.940 G04.299.119.630 G05.355.200.940
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| Concept/Terms |
Telomere Shortening- Telomere Shortening
- Shortening, Telomere
- Shortenings, Telomere
- Telomere Shortenings
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Telomere Shortening" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Abe J, Martin JF, Yeh ET. The Future of Onco-Cardiology: We Are Not Just "Side Effect Hunters". Circ Res. 2016 09 30; 119(8):896-9.