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Kidney Allograft Telomere Length Is Not Associated with Sex, Recipient Comorbid Conditions, Post-Transplant Infections, or CMV Reactivation.
Annals of transplantation - 28 Jun 2016
Kłoda Karolina, Domański Leszek, Kwiatkowska Ewa, Safranow Krzysztof, Drozd Arleta, Ciechanowicz Andrzej, Ciechanowski Kazimierz
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND Immunosenescence is closely linked to chromosome telomere erosion and telomerase activity alterations. The aim of this study was to analyze the associations of relative telomere length (RTL) of a graft with sex, comorbid conditions, post-transplant infections, and CMV reactivation among transplanted kidney recipients. Additionally, the associations of donor and recipient hTERT, BICD1 genes and...
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