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Shortened Telomere Length in Sputum Cells of Bronchiectasis Patients is Associated with Dysfunctional Inflammatory Pathways.

Hui Fang Lim, Nadia Suray Tan, Roghayeh Dehghan, Meixin Shen, Mei Fong Liew, Stella Wei Lee Bee, Yee Yen Sia, Jianjun Liu, Chiea Chuen Khor, Immanuel Kwok and 3 more

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Article in Lung, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Hui Fang LimDivision of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, National University Health System, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Singapore.
Nadia Suray TanDepartment of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Roghayeh DehghanAgency for Science, Technology and Research, Genome Institute of Singapore, 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672, Singapore.
Meixin ShenSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Mei Fong LiewDivision of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, National University Health System, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Singapore.
Stella Wei Lee BeeDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Yee Yen SiaAgency for Science, Technology and Research, Genome Institute of Singapore, 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672, Singapore.
Jianjun LiuDepartment of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Chiea Chuen KhorAgency for Science, Technology and Research, Genome Institute of Singapore, 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672, Singapore.
Immanuel KwokSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Lai Guan NgSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Veronique AngeliImmunology Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Immunology Programme, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
Rajkumar DorajooAgency for Science, Technology and Research, Genome Institute of Singapore, 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672, Singapore. dorajoor@gis.a-star.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0001-6608-2051

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomere attrition is an established ageing biomarker and shorter peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length has been associated with increased risks of respiratory diseases. However, whether telomere length in disease-relevant sputum immune cells of chronic respiratory disease patients is shortened and which pathways are dysfunctional are not clear. Here we measured telomere length from sputum samples of bronchiectasis and asthmatic subjects and determined that telomere length in sputum of bronchiectasis subjects was significantly shorter (Beta =  - 1.167, P

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BronchiectasisSputumHumansRespiratory SystemTelomereTelomere ShorteningRespiratory diseaseRNA-seqSputum immune cellsTelomere attrition

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