Genomics|Features|Telomeres

Genomics|Features|Telomeres

Telomeres

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Telomeres and Health: Diet, Exposures and Aging - December 11, 2014

Editorial: Mediterranean diet and telomere length 
BMJ2014; 349, December 2014 

Mediterranean diet and telomere length in nurses' health study: population based cohort study 
BMJ2014; 349, December, 2014

Mediterranean diet is good for your DNA, by Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, Dec 2 

Soda and cell aging: associations between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and leukocyte telomere length in healthy adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. 
Am J Public Health. 2014 Dec;104(12):2425-31.

The association between shortened leukocyte telomere length and cardio-metabolic outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014 Nov 18

Arsenic exposure, telomere length, and expression of telomere-related genes among Bangladeshi individuals.
Environ Res. 2014 Nov 25;

Telomerase gene (hTERT) and survival: Results from two Swedish cohorts of older adults.

Telomere length and the clinical phenotype of frailty in older adults undergoing cardiac surgery.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Nov;62(11):2205-7

Shorter telomere length in peripheral blood leukocytes is associated with childhood autism.
Li Z, et al. Sci Rep. 2014 Nov 17;4:7073

The relationship between perceived stress and telomere length: A meta-analysis.
Stress Health. 2014 Nov 13.

Leucocyte telomere length and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: new prospective cohort study and literature-based meta-analysis.
Willeit P, et al. PLoS One. 2014 Nov 12;9(11):e112483

Genetics: Telomere length and the metabolic syndrome-a causal link?
Nilsson PM. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2014 Dec;10(12):706-7

Reproducibility of telomere length assessment: an international collaborative study.
Int J Epidemiol. 2014 Sep 19

Telomeres & Health: Emerging Knowledge - July 24, 2014

Leucocyte telomere length and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. 
BMJ, 2014; 349 July 8, 2014

Explaining telomeres, by Georg Roeggla, BMJ blog , Jul 15

CDC blog post: Tell me more about telomeres

CDC-NCI paper: Emerging methods and technologies: Telomeres in cancer epidemiology: opportunities & challenges.  
Verma M et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biom and Prevention Feb 2013