Open Accessβ-Cell Telomere Attrition in Diabetes: Inverse Correlation Between HbA1c and Telomere Length
Author(s) -
Yoshiaki Tamura,
Naotaka IzumiyamaShimomura,
Yoshiyuki Kimbara,
Kenichi Nakamura,
Naoshi Ishikawa,
Junko Aida,
Yuko Chiba,
Seijiro Mori,
Tomio Arai,
Toru Aizawa,
Atsushi Araki,
Kaiyo Takubo,
Hideki Ito
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-1222
Subject(s) - telomere , diabetes mellitus , medicine , endocrinology , glycated hemoglobin , biology , type 2 diabetes , genetics , dna
Although accelerated β-cell telomere shortening may be associated with diabetes that shows a dramatically increased incidence with aging, β-cell telomere length in diabetes has never been explored.
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