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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
- Nat. Genet. 2010 Mar 1; 42 (3): 197-9.
AbstractWe conducted genome-wide association analyses of mean leukocyte telomere length in 2,917 individuals, with follow-up replication in 9,492 individuals. We identified an association with telomere length on 3q26 (rs12696304, combined P = 3.72 x 10(-14)) at a locus that includes TERC, which encodes the telomerase RNA component. Each copy of the minor allele of rs12696304 was associated with an approximately 75-base-pair reduction in mean telomere length, equivalent to approximately 3.6 years of age-related telomere-length attrition.
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