Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on April 01, 2007
Leukocyte telomeres are longer in African Americans than in whites: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study and the Bogalusa Heart Study. Aging Cell (2008) 3.24
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Telomeres shorten at equivalent rates in somatic tissues of adults. Nat Commun (2013) 2.56
Distinct tumor suppressor mechanisms evolve in rodent species that differ in size and lifespan. Aging Cell (2008) 2.21
Leukocyte telomere length and the father's age enigma: implications for population health and for life course. Int J Epidemiol (2013) 1.66
Synchrony of telomere length among hematopoietic cells. Exp Hematol (2010) 1.63
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Telomere biology in healthy aging and disease. Pflugers Arch (2009) 1.41
Accelerated biological ageing in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa: a case-control study. AIDS (2013) 1.20
Measurement of telomere DNA content by dot blot analysis. Nucleic Acids Res (2011) 1.08
Cell biology of disease: Telomeropathies: an emerging spectrum disorder. J Cell Biol (2014) 1.07
Coevolution of telomerase activity and body mass in mammals: from mice to beavers. Mech Ageing Dev (2008) 1.03
Telomere dynamics in keloids. Eplasty (2011) 0.95
Divergence of sperm and leukocyte age-dependent telomere dynamics: implications for male-driven evolution of telomere length in humans. Mol Hum Reprod (2012) 0.94
A model of canine leukocyte telomere dynamics. Aging Cell (2011) 0.94
Leukocyte telomere length, breast cancer risk in the offspring: the relations with father's age at birth. Mech Ageing Dev (2011) 0.94
Telomere-associated polymorphisms correlate with cardiovascular disease mortality in Caucasian women: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Mech Ageing Dev (2012) 0.92
Telomeres, atherosclerosis, and the hemothelium: the longer view. Annu Rev Med (2011) 0.91
Telomere dynamics in rhesus monkeys: no apparent effect of caloric restriction. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2011) 0.90
Chronic exercise modifies age-related telomere dynamics in a tissue-specific fashion. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2012) 0.88
Longer telomere length in COPD patients with α1-antitrypsin deficiency independent of lung function. PLoS One (2014) 0.87
Generation of mice with longer and better preserved telomeres in the absence of genetic manipulations. Nat Commun (2016) 0.86
Evolutionary dynamics of segmental duplications from human Y-chromosomal euchromatin/heterochromatin transition regions. Genome Res (2008) 0.85
Telomere length correlations among somatic tissues in adult zebra finches. PLoS One (2013) 0.85
Cumulative stress in research animals: Telomere attrition as a biomarker in a welfare context? Bioessays (2015) 0.84
Cellular aging of skeletal muscle: telomeric and free radical evidence that physical inactivity is responsible and not age. Clin Sci (Lond) (2014) 0.83
The effect of telomere length, a marker of biological aging, on bone mineral density in elderly population. Osteoporos Int (2009) 0.80
Targets of immune regeneration in rheumatoid arthritis. Mayo Clin Proc (2014) 0.79
Relative Telomere Repeat Mass in Buccal and Leukocyte-Derived DNA. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Low estrogen levels and obesity are associated with shorter telomere lengths in pre- and postmenopausal women. J Exerc Rehabil (2016) 0.75
Paternal and grandpaternal ages at conception and descendant telomere lengths in chimpanzees and humans. Am J Phys Anthropol (2016) 0.75
Single Stem Cell Imaging and Analysis Reveals Telomere Length Differences in Diseased Human and Mouse Skeletal Muscles. Stem Cell Reports (2017) 0.75
Offspring telomere length in the long lived Alpine swift is negatively related to the age of their biological father and foster mother. Biol Lett (2017) 0.75
BRAFE600-associated senescence-like cell cycle arrest of human naevi. Nature (2005) 16.87
Adult-onset pulmonary fibrosis caused by mutations in telomerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 5.95
Immortalization of human bronchial epithelial cells in the absence of viral oncoproteins. Cancer Res (2004) 5.57
Pericytes of human skeletal muscle are myogenic precursors distinct from satellite cells. Nat Cell Biol (2007) 5.50
Leukocyte telomere length and cardiovascular disease in the cardiovascular health study. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 5.28
Telomere dysfunction: a potential cancer predisposition factor. J Natl Cancer Inst (2003) 5.09
Gene transfer in humans using a conditionally replicating lentiviral vector. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 4.23
The association between physical activity in leisure time and leukocyte telomere length. Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.68
Multiple oncogenic changes (K-RAS(V12), p53 knockdown, mutant EGFRs, p16 bypass, telomerase) are not sufficient to confer a full malignant phenotype on human bronchial epithelial cells. Cancer Res (2006) 3.45
Telomere length and possible link to X chromosome. Lancet (2004) 3.36
Rise in insulin resistance is associated with escalated telomere attrition. Circulation (2005) 3.27
Telomere length in the newborn. Pediatr Res (2002) 3.26
Mapping genetic loci that determine leukocyte telomere length in a large sample of unselected female sibling pairs. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 3.25
Leukocyte telomeres are longer in African Americans than in whites: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study and the Bogalusa Heart Study. Aging Cell (2008) 3.24
Human telomerase and its regulation. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2002) 3.11
Senescence and immortalization: role of telomeres and telomerase. Carcinogenesis (2004) 3.07
Common variants near TERC are associated with mean telomere length. Nat Genet (2010) 2.98
Impartial comparative analysis of measurement of leukocyte telomere length/DNA content by Southern blots and qPCR. Nucleic Acids Res (2011) 2.92
Measurement of telomere length by the Southern blot analysis of terminal restriction fragment lengths. Nat Protoc (2010) 2.88
Leukocyte telomere dynamics: longitudinal findings among young adults in the Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 2.86
Nonlinear adaptive PID control for greenhouse environment based on RBF network. Sensors (Basel) (2012) 2.85
Telomere length and mortality: a study of leukocytes in elderly Danish twins. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 2.85
Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes in non-small-cell lung cancer reveals differences between smokers and nonsmokers. Cancer Res (2007) 2.81
Telomere extension occurs at most chromosome ends and is uncoupled from fill-in in human cancer cells. Cell (2009) 2.76
POT1 protects telomeres from a transient DNA damage response and determines how human chromosomes end. EMBO J (2005) 2.69
Telomeres shorten at equivalent rates in somatic tissues of adults. Nat Commun (2013) 2.56
Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity selects for lung adenocarcinoma stem cells dependent on notch signaling. Cancer Res (2010) 2.54
Genome-wide association identifies OBFC1 as a locus involved in human leukocyte telomere biology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 2.47
Urinary incontinence predictors and life impact in ethnically diverse perimenopausal women. Obstet Gynecol (2002) 2.47
Short telomeres are associated with increased carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensive subjects. Hypertension (2004) 2.41
Telomere-end processing the terminal nucleotides of human chromosomes. Mol Cell (2005) 2.39
Historical claims and current interpretations of replicative aging. Nat Biotechnol (2002) 2.38
Human diseases of telomerase dysfunction: insights into tissue aging. Nucleic Acids Res (2007) 2.34
Association of leukocyte telomere length with circulating biomarkers of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation (2008) 2.22
Role of telomeres and telomerase in cancer. Semin Cancer Biol (2011) 2.20
Leukocyte telomere length and mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2011) 2.19
A genome-wide screen for promoter methylation in lung cancer identifies novel methylation markers for multiple malignancies. PLoS Med (2006) 2.16
Duration of lactation is associated with lower prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in midlife--SWAN, the study of women's health across the nation. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2008) 2.15
Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination. Aging Cell (2011) 2.07
Characterization of growth and differentiation in a telomerase-immortalized human corneal epithelial cell line. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2005) 2.02
Inhibition of epidural fibrosis after microendoscopic discectomy with topical application of mitomycin C: a randomized, controlled, double-blind trial. J Neurosurg Spine (2013) 2.02
A role for the CHC22 clathrin heavy-chain isoform in human glucose metabolism. Science (2009) 2.02
Cell-type-specific responses to chemotherapeutics in breast cancer. Cancer Res (2004) 2.01
Telomerase and differentiation in multicellular organisms: turn it off, turn it on, and turn it off again. Differentiation (2002) 1.99
Cellular senescence in human myoblasts is overcome by human telomerase reverse transcriptase and cyclin-dependent kinase 4: consequences in aging muscle and therapeutic strategies for muscular dystrophies. Aging Cell (2007) 1.98
The telomerase antagonist, imetelstat, efficiently targets glioblastoma tumor-initiating cells leading to decreased proliferation and tumor growth. Clin Cancer Res (2010) 1.96
Evolution in health and medicine Sackler colloquium: Genetic variation in human telomerase is associated with telomere length in Ashkenazi centenarians. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.96
High expression of ErbB family members and their ligands in lung adenocarcinomas that are sensitive to inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor. Cancer Res (2005) 1.94
Does a sentinel or a subset of short telomeres determine replicative senescence? Mol Biol Cell (2004) 1.92
Telomerase therapeutics for cancer: challenges and new directions. Nat Rev Drug Discov (2006) 1.91
Efficient lentiviral vector-mediated control of HIV-1 replication in CD4 lymphocytes from diverse HIV+ infected patients grouped according to CD4 count and viral load. Mol Ther (2004) 1.80
Offspring's leukocyte telomere length, paternal age, and telomere elongation in sperm. PLoS Genet (2008) 1.80
Actions of human telomerase beyond telomeres. Cell Res (2008) 1.79
hTERT associates with human telomeres and enhances genomic stability and DNA repair. Oncogene (2003) 1.78
Genome-wide meta-analysis points to CTC1 and ZNF676 as genes regulating telomere homeostasis in humans. Hum Mol Genet (2012) 1.77
Menopause modifies the association of leukocyte telomere length with insulin resistance and inflammation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2005) 1.76
Nevus size and number are associated with telomere length and represent potential markers of a decreased senescence in vivo. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2007) 1.75
Different roles for caveolin-1 in the development of non-small cell lung cancer versus small cell lung cancer. Cancer Res (2004) 1.74
Immortalized epithelial cells derived from human colon biopsies express stem cell markers and differentiate in vitro. Gastroenterology (2009) 1.72