hTERT, BICD1 and Chromosome 18 Polymorphisms Associated with Telomere Length Affect Kidney Allograft Function After Transplantation

• Main Authors: Karolina Kłoda (Author), Leszek Domanski (Author), Ewa Kwiatkowska (Author), Ewa Borowiecka (Author), Krzysztof Safranow (Author), Arleta Drozd (Author), Andrzej Ciechanowicz (Author), Agnieszka Maciejewska-Karłowska (Author), Marek Sawczuk (Author), Andrzej Pawlik (Author), Kazimierz Ciechanowski (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: It has been confirmed that telomere length (TL) correlates with chronological donor age and that telomere shortening is accelerated in allografts. The aim of this study was to analyse the associations between graft rs2735940 hTERT and rs2630578 BICD1 gene polymorphisms and rs7235755...