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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2024

Monochrome Multiplex Quantitative PCR Telomere Length Measurement.

Noelle A Martin, Lauren W Y McLester-Davis, Trevor R Roy, Madeline G Magruder, Waylon J Hastings, Stacy S Drury

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2024. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Evaluation of the Telomere Length in Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  4. Late-Onset Preeclampsia is characterised by Accelerated Placental Aging.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  5. The epigenetic impacts of pubertal acceleration following early caregiver disruptions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Noelle A Martin *School of Medicine, Tulane University.
Lauren W Y McLester-Davis *Native American Center for Health Professions, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Trevor R RoySchool of Medicine, Tulane University.
Madeline G MagruderSchool of Science and Engineering, Tulane University.
Waylon J HastingsSchool of Medicine, Tulane University.
Stacy S DruryDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital; stacy.drury@childrens.harvard.edu.

Funding

Elucidating the measurement of telomeres: Development of a transdisciplinary, high-impact Telomere Research NetworkU24AG066528 · NIA · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI DRURY, STACY SCHMIDT · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
NIA NIH HHS U24 AG066528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomeres are ribonucleoprotein structures at the end of all eukaryotic chromosomes that protect DNA from damage and preserve chromosome stability. Telomere length (TL) has been associated with various exposures, biological processes, and health outcomes. This article describes the monochrome multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction (MMqPCR) assay protocol routinely conducted in our laboratory for measuring relative mean TL from human DNA. There are several different PCR-based TL measurement methods, but the specific protocol for the MMqPCR method presented in this publication is repeatable, efficient, cost-effective, and suitable for population-based studies. This detailed protocol outlines all information necessary for investigators to establish this assay in their laboratory. In addition, this protocol provides specific steps to increase the reproducibility of TL measurement by this assay, defined by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) across repeated measurements of the same sample. The ICC is a critical factor in evaluating expected power for a specific study population; as such, reporting cohort-specific ICCs for any TL assay is a necessary step to enhance the overall rigor of population-based studies of TL. Example results utilizing DNA samples extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells demonstrate the feasibility of generating highly repeatable TL data using this MMqPCR protocol.

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DNALeukocytes, MononuclearHumansMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsTelomereDNA

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PMID38587381
PMCPMC11080955

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