| Literature DB >> 10960768 |
K Nakamura1, E Furugori, Y Esaki, T Arai, M Sawabe, I Okayasu, M Fujiwara, M Kammori, K Mafune, M Kato, M Oshimura, K Sasajima, K Takubo.
Abstract
The hypothesis that telomeres in colorectal cancer cells exhibit age-related shortening, as in normal cells of the colorectal epithelium, was tested with samples of non-cancerous mucosa and cancer tissue from 124 patients (aged 29-97 years). Shortening with aging could be demonstrated for both normal and cancer tissues; regression analysis showed rates for length reduction of 44 and 50 base pair/year, respectively. Straight, essentially parallel, lines were obtained for the two cases, normal tissue values being about 2 kilobase pairs (kbp) higher, with a significant correlation between data at the individual patient level.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10960768 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00521-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679