Telomere length and children’s health

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In the review of the literature, the authors described in detail modern concepts of the structure and functions of telomeres, telomerase and shelterin complexes. The article contains an overview of the data and published to date the results of a study of telomere length in healthy children of different ages, the relationship between body length and certain diseases, as well as the influence of a number physiological factors on the length of children telomere.

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Z. R. Kagirova

Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9002-7909
Russian Federation

I. A. Demina

Dmitriy Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Immunology

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Email: idemina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4317-2094

PhD, leading scientist Laboratory of cell’s immunology and immunogenesis

Russia 117997, Moscow, Samory Mashela st., 1
+7 (495) 287-6570, ext. 5615

Russian Federation

B. M. Blokhin

Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Russian Federation

A. G. Rumyantsev

Dmitriy Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Immunology

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1643-5960
Russian Federation

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