Telomere attrition in heart failure: a flow-FISH longitudinal analysis of circulating monocytes

Abstract Background Cross-sectional investigations report shorter telomeres in patients with heart failure (HF); however, no studies describe telomere length (TL) trajectory and its relationship with HF progression. Here we aimed to investigate telomere shortening over time and its relationship to o...

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Main Authors: Iris Teubel, Elena Elchinova, Santiago Roura, Marco A. Fernández, Carolina Gálvez-Montón, Pedro Moliner, Marta de Antonio, Josep Lupón, Antoni Bayés-Genís
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-018-1412-z