The incidence of severe manifestations of COVID-19 increases with age with older patients
showing the highest mortality, suggesting that molecular pathways underlying aging …

Telomeres are non-coding DNA sequences that protect chromosome ends and shorten with
age. Short telomere length (TL) is associated with chronic diseases and …

The medical, public health, and scientific communities are grappling with monumental
imperatives to contain COVID‐19, develop effective vaccines, identify efficacious treatments …

The SARS-CoV-2 infection determines the COVID-19 syndrome characterized, in the worst
cases, by severe respiratory distress, pulmonary and cardiac fibrosis, inflammatory cytokine …

Background Older age is the most powerful risk factor for adverse coronavirus disease-19
(COVID-19) outcomes. It is uncertain whether leucocyte telomere length (LTL), previously …

Several traditional observational studies suggested an association between COVID‐19 and
leukocyte telomere length (LTL), a biomarker for biological age. However, whether there …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) causes the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), known to be more common in the elderly, who also …

Background Accelerated telomere shortening is associated with stress-related cell damage
and aging. Patients with depression have been shown to have shortened life expectancy …

Chronological age is a risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19. Previous
findings indicate that epigenetic age could be altered in viral infection. However, the …

Telomeres are at the non-coding ends of linear chromosomes. Through a complex 3-
dimensional structure, they protect the coding DNA and ensure appropriate separation of …