Telomere

"Telomere" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A terminal section of a chromosome which has a specialized structure and which is involved in chromosomal replication and stability. Its length is believed to be a few hundred base pairs.

Descriptor ID	D016615
MeSH Number(s)	A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160.845 G05.360.160.845
Concept/Terms	Telomere Telomere Telomeres

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Telomere".

Anatomy [A]
Cells [A11]
Cellular Structures [A11.284]
Intracellular Space [A11.284.430]
Cell Nucleus [A11.284.430.106]
Cell Nucleus Structures [A11.284.430.106.279]
Intranuclear Space [A11.284.430.106.279.345]
Chromosomes [A11.284.430.106.279.345.190]
Chromosome Structures [A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160]
Telomere [A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160.845]
Biological Sciences [G]
Genetic Phenomena [G05]
Genetic Structures [G05.360]
Chromosome Structures [G05.360.160]
Telomere [G05.360.160.845]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Telomere" by people in this website by year, and whether "Telomere" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 38 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	1	1	2
1998	0	1	1
2002	0	3	3
2003	0	1	1
2004	2	0	2
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	2	3
2007	1	2	3
2008	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	2	1	3
2015	2	0	2
2016	1	0	1
2017	3	1	4
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	2	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Telomere" by people in Profiles.

Brown AM, Wood EM, Capilla-Lasheras P, Harrison XA, Young AJ. Longitudinal evidence that older parents produce offspring with longer telomeres in a wild social bird. Biol Lett. 2021 10; 17(10):20210409.

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Wood EM, Capilla-Lasheras P, Cram DL, Walker LA, York JE, Lange A, Hamilton PB, Tyler CR, Young AJ. Social dominance and rainfall predict telomere dynamics in a cooperative arid-zone bird. Mol Ecol. 2022 12; 31(23):6141-6154.

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Nand A, Zhan Y, Salazar OR, Aranda M, Voolstra CR, Dekker J. Genetic and spatial organization of the unusual chromosomes of the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum. Nat Genet. 2021 05; 53(5):618-629.

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Nagpal N, Wang J, Zeng J, Lo E, Moon DH, Luk K, Braun RO, Burroughs LM, Keel SB, Reilly C, Lindsley RC, Wolfe SA, Tai AK, Cahan P, Bauer DE, Fong YW, Agarwal S. Small-Molecule PAPD5 Inhibitors Restore Telomerase Activity in Patient Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2020 06 04; 26(6):896-909.e8.

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He H, Li W, Comiskey DF, Liyanarachchi S, Nieminen TT, Wang Y, DeLap KE, Brock P, de la Chapelle A. A Truncating Germline Mutation of TINF2 in Individuals with Thyroid Cancer or Melanoma Results in Longer Telomeres. Thyroid. 2020 02; 30(2):204-213.

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Wood EM, Young AJ. Telomere attrition predicts reduced survival in a wild social bird, but short telomeres do not. Mol Ecol. 2019 08; 28(16):3669-3680.

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McAlindon T, Roberts M, Driban J, Schaefer L, Haugen IK, Smith SE, Duryea J, Cunha D, Blanco F, Fern?ndez-Garcia JL, Eaton C. Incident hand OA is strongly associated with reduced peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2018 12; 26(12):1651-1657.

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Steinhagen F, Zillinger T, Peukert K, Fox M, Thudium M, Barchet W, Putensen C, Klinman D, Latz E, Bode C. Suppressive oligodeoxynucleotides containing TTAGGG motifs inhibit cGAS activation in human monocytes. Eur J Immunol. 2018 04; 48(4):605-611.

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Drury SS, Howell BR, Jones C, Esteves K, Morin E, Schlesinger R, Meyer JS, Baker K, Sanchez MM. Shaping long-term primate development: Telomere length trajectory as an indicator of early maternal maltreatment and predictor of future physiologic regulation. Dev Psychopathol. 2017 12; 29(5):1539-1551.

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Staerk L, Wang B, Lunetta KL, Helm RH, Ko D, Sherer JA, Ellinor PT, Lubitz SA, McManus DD, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Trinquart L. Association Between Leukocyte Telomere Length and the Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Nov 14; 6(11).

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