ArticleBiomedical reports2018
Common mental disorders and association with telomere length.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise delays aging: evidence from telomeres and telomerase -a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Leukocyte telomere length in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders: a meta-analysis of case-control studies.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Τelomerase inhibitors and activators in aging and cancer: A systematic review.Molecular medicine reports · 2022Pooled it
- Sperm telomere length as a novel biomarker of male infertility and embryonic development: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Association of nutraceutical supplements with longer telomere length.International journal of molecular medicine · 2019Trial
- The Crossroads of Neurodegeneration: Exploring the Overlap Between Alzheimer's Disease and Depression.Cureus · 2026Review
- Insights into the Prognostic Value of Telomere Length in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The association of depressive symptoms and telomere length among Mexican-origin youth: How it varies by family environment.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025Article
- Causal effect between telomere length and thirteen types of cancer in Asian population: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Genetic, Epigenetic, and Hormonal Regulation of Stress Phenotypes in Major Depressive Disorder: From Maladaptation to Resilience.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Limited evidence of association between dysregulated immune marker levels and telomere length in severe mental disorders.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2025Article
- Telomere Length and Telomerase Activity as Potential Biomarkers for Gastrointestinal Cancer.Cancers · 2024Review
- Quercetin Intake and Absolute Telomere Length in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Novel Findings from a Randomized Controlled Before-and-After Study.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Impact of the Mediterranean Diet on Telomere Biology: Implications for Disease Management-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations on Telomere Biology: The Positive Effect of Pharmacologically Active Substances on Telomere Length.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Current and Future Trends of Colorectal Cancer Treatment: Exploring Advances in Immunotherapy.Cancers · 2024Review
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- Correlation of telomere length in brain tissue with peripheral tissues in living human subjects.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2024Article
- Role of telomere length in human carcinogenesis (Review).International journal of oncology · 2023Review
- Age-related telomere attrition in the human putamen.Aging cell · 2023Article
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Abstract
Telomeres are repeated 5'-TTAGGG-3' sequences at the end of chromosomes, which maintain genomic stability. Their length is related to a number of diseases that affect humans. Apart from cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other, telomere length has been associated with chronic diseases. Chronic mental illness includes various types of mental disorders with the most common being depression, schizophrenia and stress-anxiety. The aim of this review is to summarize the current state of knowledge on the role of telomeres in these disorders and to compare telomere length variations in patients receiving medication and patients not taking treatment. Most studies report reduced telomere length in patients suffering from mental disorders, compared to the general population. Since the factors that can affect telomere length are various, more experiments and investigations are required to understand the general impact of different factors on telomere length.
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