"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160.845 G05.360.160.845
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Telomere" by people in Profiles.
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Short telomeres and severe COVID-19: The connection conundrum. EBioMedicine. 2021 08; 70:103513.
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Shorter leukocyte telomere length is associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes: A cohort study in UK Biobank. EBioMedicine. 2021 Aug; 70:103485.
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Evidence for Biological Age Acceleration and Telomere Shortening in COVID-19 Survivors. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jun 07; 22(11).
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iciHHV-6 in a Patient With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Pediatrics. 2021 09; 148(3).
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Pulmonary fibrosis 4 months after COVID-19 is associated with severity of illness and blood leucocyte telomere length. Thorax. 2021 12; 76(12):1242-1245.
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Telomere length: biological marker of cellular vitality, aging, and health-disease process. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2021 Feb; 67(2):173-177.
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Shorter telomere lengths in patients with severe COVID-19 disease. Aging (Albany NY). 2021 01 11; 13(1):1-15.
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Short telomeres increase the risk of severe COVID-19. Aging (Albany NY). 2020 10 26; 12(20):19911-19922.
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Telomere length, epidemiology and pathogenesis of severe COVID-19. Eur J Clin Invest. 2020 Oct; 50(10):e13376.
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Telomeres and COVID-19. FASEB J. 2020 06; 34(6):7247-7252.