2024
Correlation of telomere length in brain tissue with peripheral tissues in living human subjects
Carver A, Hing B, Elser B, Lussier S, Yamanashi T, Howard M, Kawasaki H, Shinozaki G, Stevens H. Correlation of telomere length in brain tissue with peripheral tissues in living human subjects. Frontiers In Molecular Neuroscience 2024, 17: 1303974. PMID: 38516039, PMCID: PMC10954899, DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1303974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrelation of telomere lengthPeripheral tissuesTissue telomere lengthTelomere lengthDisorder pathophysiologyAssessed telomere lengthBuccal telomere lengthBrain disordersHuman brainBrainIntractable epilepsyLiving human subjectsBrain samplesAverage telomere lengthTime pointsTissue samplesBrain tissueChromosome stabilityTissueHuman subjectsSalivaLiving subjectsSubjects
2017
Cross‐tissue telomere length measurement to determine auxiliary marker of brain telomere length in neurosurgery patients
Lussier S, Braun P, Potash J, Shinozaki G, Stevens H. Cross‐tissue telomere length measurement to determine auxiliary marker of brain telomere length in neurosurgery patients. The FASEB Journal 2017, 31 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.lb60.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCentral nervous systemBlood telomere lengthCentral nervous system measuresNeurosurgery patientsTelomere lengthTelomere length measurementAcute time courseExposure to glucocorticoidsCoronary artery diseasePost-surgery samplesRisk of strokeResection surgeryArtery diseaseSynthetic glucocorticoidSamples of bloodLength measurementsExposure to stressRemoved tissueHeart diseaseHuman studiesAverage agePatientsPeripheral tissuesSurgeryPeripheral measures