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Accelerated telomere shortening independent of LRRK2 variants in Chinese patients with Parkinson's disease.
Aging - 29 Oct 2020
Wu Yue, Pei Yuqing, Yang Zhuo, Li Kexin, Lou Xiaoying, Cui Wei
Abstract excerpt
Oxidative stress and inflammation play vital roles in Parkinson's disease (PD) development. Thus, telomere length is expected to be shortened in this disease, but current data are inconclusive. We performed a case-control study of 261 patients with PD and 270 sex and age-matched healthy controls treated at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. We found leucocyte telomere length (LTL) was significantly...
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