"Telomere" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A terminal section of a chromosome which has a specialized structure and which is involved in chromosomal replication and stability. Its length is believed to be a few hundred base pairs.
| Descriptor ID |
D016615
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160.845 G05.360.160.845
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Telomere" by people in Profiles.
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Accelerated mononuclear cell telomere attrition in breast cancer survivors with depression history: A 2-year longitudinal cohort study. Cancer. 2022 Aug 15; 128(16):3109-3119.
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The vapes of wrath: advocating to protect children from electronic nicotine systems in the age of flavored vapes. Pediatr Res. 2020 05; 87(6):972-975.
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Telomere length in COPD: Relationships with physical activity, exercise capacity, and acute exacerbations. PLoS One. 2019; 14(10):e0223891.
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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Telomere Length and Sleep in the Women's Health Initiative. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 09 01; 188(9):1616-1626.
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Gravidity is not associated with telomere length in a biracial cohort of middle-aged women: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0186495.
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Leukocyte telomere length in relation to the risk of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Med. 2016 09; 5(9):2657-65.
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Cross-sectional Associations between Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Leukocyte Telomere Length among U.S. Adults in NHANES, 2001-2002. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 05; 124(5):651-8.
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Leukocyte Telomere Length and Risks of Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality in a Racially Diverse Population of Postmenopausal Women. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2015 Oct; 35(10):2225-31.
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Automated Assay of Telomere Length Measurement and Informatics for 100,000 Subjects in the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging (GERA) Cohort. Genetics. 2015 Aug; 200(4):1061-72.
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Telomerase, telomere length, and coronary artery calcium in black and white men in the CARDIA study. Atherosclerosis. 2012 Feb; 220(2):506-12.