Both aging and cancer are characterized by a series of partially overlapping" hallmarks" that
we subject here to a meta-analysis. Several hallmarks of aging (ie, genomic instability …

Telomeres are highly conserved tandem nucleotide repeats that include proximal double-
stranded and distal single-stranded regions that in complex with shelterin proteins afford …

Importance The causal direction and magnitude of the association between telomere length
and incidence of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases is uncertain owing to the susceptibility …

Telomere attrition is associated with increased morbidity and mortality of various age-related
diseases. Reports of association between telomere length (TL) and all-cause mortality …

Aging is the inevitable time-dependent decline in physiological organ function and is a
major risk factor for cancer development. Due to advances in health care, hygiene control …

Background: Short telomeres in peripheral blood leukocytes are associated with older age
and age-related diseases. We tested the hypotheses that short telomeres are associated …

Background It is widely believed that females have longer telomeres than males, although
results from studies have been contradictory. Methods We carried out a systematic review …

Telomeres are the protective end caps of chromosomes and shorten with every cell division.
Telomere length has been proposed as a biomarker of biological age and a risk factor for …

Telomeres are gene sequences present at chromosomal ends and are responsible for
maintaining genome integrity. Telomere length is maximum at birth and decreases …

The association between aging and cancer is complex. Recent studies have developed
measures of biological aging based on DNA methylation and called them “age …