Telomeres in Interstitial Lung Disease

Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) encompass a group of conditions involving fibrosis and/or inflammation of the pulmonary parenchyma. Telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences at chromosome ends which protect against genome instability. At each cell division, telomeres shorten, but the telomerase comple...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carmel J. W. Stock, Elisabetta A. Renzoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
ILD
IPF
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/7/1384