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| Title |
Telomeres and human disease: ageing, cancer and beyond
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Reviews Genetics, August 2005
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| DOI | 10.1038/nrg1656 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maria A. Blasco |
| Abstract |
Telomere length and telomerase activity are important factors in the pathobiology of human disease. Age-related diseases and premature ageing syndromes are characterized by short telomeres, which can compromise cell viability, whereas tumour cells can prevent telomere loss by aberrantly upregulating telomerase. Altered functioning of both telomerase and telomere-interacting proteins is present in some human premature ageing syndromes and in cancer, and recent findings indicate that alterations that affect telomeres at the level of chromatin structure might also have a role in human disease. These findings have inspired a number of potential therapeutic strategies that are based on telomerase and telomeres. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,419 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1% |
| France | 6 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | <1% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| India | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Finland | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 11 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1367 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 269 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 226 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 203 | 14% |
| Researcher | 165 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 88 | 6% |
| Other | 184 | 13% |
| Unknown | 284 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 403 | 28% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 346 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 148 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 55 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 29 | 2% |
| Other | 133 | 9% |
| Unknown | 305 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 July 2023.
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#651
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