telomere length in human adults and high level natural background radiation端粒长度在成人自然背景辐射和高水平.pdfVIP

Telomere Length in Human Adults and High Level Natural Background Radiation Birajalaxmi Das*, Divyalakshmi Saini, M. Seshadri Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India Abstract Background: Telomere length is considered as a biomarker of aging, stress, cancer. It has been associated with many chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Although, telomere shortening due to ionizing radiation has been reported in vitro, no in vivo data is available on natural background