Hepatocyte telomere shortening and senescence are general markers of human liver cirrhosis
Open Access
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 16 (9), 935-942
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.01-0977com
Abstract
Telomere shortening limits the number of cell divisions of primary human cells and might affect the regenerative capacity of organ systems during aging and chronic disease. To test whether the telome...Keywords
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ru 745/2-1)
- Deutsche Krebshilfe (10-1809-Ru1)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 265/C5)
- Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología
- European Commission
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