Prenatal Air Pollution and Newborns' Predisposition to Accelerated Biological Aging
Dries S
Martens
;
Bianca
Cox
;
Bram G
Janssen
;
Diana BP
Clemente
;
Antonio
Gasparrini
;
Charlotte
Vanpoucke
;
Wouter
Lefebvre
;
Harry A
Roels
;
Michelle
Plusquin
;
Tim S
Nawrot
;
(2018)
Prenatal Air Pollution and Newborns' Predisposition to Accelerated Biological Aging.
OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY, 73 (5).
pp. 259-260.
ISSN 0029-7828
DOI: 10.1097/ogx.0000000000000563
(Abstracted from JAMA Pediatr 2017;171(12):1160–1167)
Telomere length (TL) is considered a molecular marker of biological aging. Telomeres shorten with each cellular division, and their length is associated with age-related diseases, lifestyle factors such as smoking, and environmental factors that influence the oxidative stress and inflammatory status in humans.
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Date Deposited | 19 Nov 2018 12:20 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-3568