Telomeres in Health and Disease

This special volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science focuses on telomeres in health and disease.

Rodrigo Calado (Volume editor)

9780123978981, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 6 August 2014

202 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.45 kg

Praise for the series: "Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist-for whom the numerous references will be invaluable-but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell." --British Medical Journal

This special volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science focuses on telomeres in health and disease. This volume covers a variety of topics with reviews written by experts in the field.

1. Telomere and Telomerase Biology
   Miriam Aparecida Giardini, Marcela Segatto, Marcelo Santos da Silva, Vinícius Santana Nunes and Maria Isabel Nogueira Cano
2. Human Telomeres and Telomere Biology Disorders
   Sharon A. Savage
3. Telomere Biology in Stem Cells and Reprogramming
   Luis F. Z. Batista
4. Telomere Dynamics and Aging
   Geraldine Aubert
5. Telomeres in Molecular Epidemiology Studies
   Clara Bodelon, Sharon A. Savage and Shahinaz M. Gadalla
6. Telomere dysfunction and hematologic disorders
   Raquel M. A. Paiva and Rodrigo T. Calado
7. The Role of Telomeres in Liver Disease
   Yoshiaki Sunami, Guido von Figura, Alexander Kleger, Pavel Strnad, Norbert Hüser and Daniel Hartmann
8. Telomeres in lung diseases
   Rodrigo T. Calado
   

Subject Areas: Molecular biology [PSD], Medical genetics [MFN]