Telomere length associates with chronological age and mortality across racially diverse pulmonary fibrosis cohorts

oleh: Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Chad A. Newton, Justin M. Oldham, Brett Ley, Cathryn T. Lee, Angela L. Linderholm, Jonathan H. Chung, Nicole Garcia, Da Zhang, Rekha Vij, Robert Guzy, Renea Jablonski, Remzi Bag, Rebecca S. Voogt, Shwu-Fan Ma, Anne I. Sperling, Ganesh Raghu, Fernando J. Martinez, Mary E. Strek, Paul J. Wolters, Christine Kim Garcia, Brandon L. Pierce, Imre Noth

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01

Deskripsi

The association of telomere length with age and mortality across racially diverse pulmonary fibrosis populations is unknown. Here, the authors show that leukocyte telomere length associates with chronologic age and is predictive of mortality in pulmonary fibrosis across racial groups.