Is telomere length a biomarker of aging? A review

Mather, Karen; Jorm, Anthony F; Parslow, Ruth; Christensen, Helen

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Is telomere length a biomarker of aging? A review

Date

2011

Authors

Mather, Karen

Jorm, Anthony F

Parslow, Ruth

Christensen, Helen

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

Telomeres, the DNA-protein structures located at the ends of chromosomes, have been proposed to act as a biomarker of aging. In this review, the human evidence that telomere length is a biomarker of aging is evaluated. Although telomere length is implicat