Telomerase Activity Is Decreased in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Hemodialysis Patients

George Tsirpanlis,Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou,Fotini Boufidou,Vasileios Kordinas,Fotini Alevyzaki,Margarita Zoga,Ilias Kyritsis,Kyriaki Stamatelou,George Triantafyllis,Chrysoula Nicolaou

Telomerase Activity Is Decreased in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Hemodialysis Patients

2006

George Tsirpanlis
Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou
Fotini Boufidou
Vasileios Kordinas
Fotini Alevyzaki
Margarita Zoga
Ilias Kyritsis
Kyriaki Stamatelou
George Triantafyllis
Chrysoula Nicolaou

Background: Telomerase preserves telomere length and structure, preventing cellular senescence, which is associated with alteration of the chromosomal ends. We hypothesized that tel

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Blood cell
Telomerase
Telomere
Telomerase reverse transcriptase
Acute-phase protein
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
Interleukin 6
Endocrinology
Reverse transcriptase
Internal medicine
Medicine
C-reactive protein

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