Connection between telomerase activity in PBMC and markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in patients with metabolic syndrome.

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Published in PLoS One on April 25, 2012

Authors

Elias Rentoukas1, Konstantinos Tsarouhas, Ioannis Kaplanis, Eleni Korou, Maria Nikolaou, George Marathonitis, Stavroula Kokkinou, Alexander Haliassos, Avgi Mamalaki, Demetrios Kouretas, Christina Tsitsimpikou

Author Affiliations

1: Second Cardiology Department, Amalia Fleming General Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece.

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