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Oxidative stress, telomere length and biomarkers of physical aging in a cohort aged 79 years from the 1932 Scottish Mental Survey.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Dec 2008
Starr John M, Shiels Paul G, Harris Sarah E, Pattie Alison, Pearce Mark S, Relton Caroline L, Deary Ian J
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Telomere shortening is a biomarker of cellular senescence and is associated with a wide range of age-related disease. Oxidative stress is also associated with physiological aging and several age-related diseases. Non-human studies suggest that variants in oxidative stress genes may contribute to...
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