Aberrant telomere length and mitochondrial DNA copy number in suicide completers

Abstract Short telomere length (TL) occurs in individuals under psychological stress, and with various psychiatric diseases. Recent studies have also reported mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) alterations under several neuropsychiatric conditions. However, no study has examined whether aberran...

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Main Authors: Ikuo Otsuka, Takeshi Izumi, Shuken Boku, Atsushi Kimura, Yuan Zhang, Kentaro Mouri, Satoshi Okazaki, Kyoichi Shiroiwa, Motonori Takahashi, Yasuhiro Ueno, Osamu Shirakawa, Ichiro Sora, Akitoyo Hishimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03599-8