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SUBMITTER: Vasilopoulos E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6605974 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vasilopoulos Eleni E Fragkiadaki Persefoni P Kalliora Charikleia C Fragou Domniki D Docea Anca Oana AO Vakonaki Elena E Tsoukalas Dimitris D Calina Daniela D Buga Ana Maria AM Georgiadis George G Mamoulakis Charalampos C Makrigiannakis Antonios A Spandidos Demetrios A DA Tsatsakis Aristidis A
International journal of molecular medicine 20190531 2
Telomere length (TL) has long been associated with aging, as telomeres serve as protective caps of chromosomes, and are thus deeply involved in the preservation of genome integrity and are vital to cellular functions. Traditionally, a strong link connects aging and infertility in both sexes, with an earlier onset in females. Over the past decade, telomeres have attracted increasing attention due to the role they play in fertility. In this review, we investigated the potential positive or negativ ...[more]