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telomere length
Also known as: telomere length variation
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Psychosocial Pathways - CDC cdc.gov Sep 1, 2023 2 facts
referenceHailu EM, Needham BL, Lewis TT, Lin J, Seeman TE, Roux AD, and Mujahid MS published a study in 2020 in the Annals of Epidemiology using the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) to examine the relationship between discrimination, social support, and telomere length.
referenceHailu EM, Needham BL, Lewis TT, Lin J, Seeman TE, Roux AD, and Mujahid MS investigated the relationship between discrimination, social support, and telomere length in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), published in Annals of Epidemiology in 2020.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Psychology 2e OpenStax pressbooks.cuny.edu 1 fact
claimAdverse childhood experiences, such as physical abuse, being sent away from home, and parental divorce, are associated with shortened telomere length in women, and telomere size decreases as the amount of experienced adversity increases, according to a study of over 4,000 U.K. women ages 41–80 by Surtees et al. (2010).
5.1 Physical Health and Growth in Early Childhood - OpenStax openstax.org Oct 16, 2024 1 fact
referenceLang et al. (2019) conducted a systematic review of the literature regarding the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, epigenetics, and telomere length variation in childhood and beyond.
Telomere Length as a Marker of Biological Age frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceAlexander Vaiserman and D. Krasnienkov authored the article 'Telomere Length as a Marker of Biological Age: State-of-the-Art, Open Issues, and Future Perspectives', which was published in Frontiers in Genetics on January 21, 2021.
Cellular rejuvenation: molecular mechanisms and potential ... - Nature nature.com Mar 14, 2023 1 fact
claimIn telomere-dysfunctional animals, administration of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) preserves telomere length, inhibits the DNA damage response and p53, enhances mitochondrial activity, and reverses liver fibrosis.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology open.maricopa.edu 1 fact
measurementSurtees et al. (2010) investigated over 4,000 U.K. women ages 41–80 and found that adverse childhood experiences, such as physical abuse, being sent away from home, and parent divorce, were associated with shortened telomere length, with telomere size decreasing as the amount of adversity increased.
Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life span nature.com Dec 5, 2019 1 fact
claimInflammation, rather than telomere length, serves as a predictor for successful aging in individuals at extreme old age, according to a 2015 longitudinal study of semi-supercentenarians published in EBioMedicine.