Cardiomyocyte‐Specific Telomere Shortening is a Distinct Signature of Heart Failure in Humans

BackgroundTelomere defects are thought to play a role in cardiomyopathies, but the specific cell type affected by the disease in human hearts is not yet identified. The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the cell type specificity of telomere shortening in patients with heart failure in...

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Main Authors: Maryam Sharifi‐Sanjani, Nicholas M. Oyster, Elisia D. Tichy, Kenneth C. Bedi, Ofer Harel, Kenneth B. Margulies, Foteini Mourkioti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.005086