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Telomere elongation and clinical response to androgen treatment in a patient with aplastic anemia and a heterozygous hTERT gene mutation.
Annals of hematology - 1 Jul 2012
Ziegler Patrick, Schrezenmeier Hubert, Akkad Jamil, Brassat Ute, Vankann Lucia, Panse Jens, Wilop Stefan, Balabanov Stefan, Schwarz Klaus, Martens Uwe M, Brümmendorf Tim H
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Telomere length (TL) both reflects and limits the replicative life span of normal somatic cells. As a consequence, critically shortened telomeres are associated with a variety of disease states. Telomere attrition can be counteracted by a nucleoprotein complex containing telomerase. Mutations in subunits of telomerase, telomerase-binding proteins as well as in members of the shelterin complex have been described...
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