Communications Biology (Jun 2022)

Genetic, parental and lifestyle factors influence telomere length

  • Sergio Andreu-Sánchez,
  • Geraldine Aubert,
  • Aida Ripoll-Cladellas,
  • Sandra Henkelman,
  • Daria V. Zhernakova,
  • Trishla Sinha,
  • Alexander Kurilshikov,
  • Maria Carmen Cenit,
  • Marc Jan Bonder,
  • Lude Franke,
  • Cisca Wijmenga,
  • Jingyuan Fu,
  • Monique G. P. van der Wijst,
  • Marta Melé,
  • Peter Lansdorp,
  • Alexandra Zhernakova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03521-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Deep molecular and phenotypic data highlights the links of human telomere lengths from six different blood cells with genetics, parental phenotypes mediated by epigenetic signals and expression changes at the single cell level.