title: Healthy aging and disease: role for telomere biology?
abstract: Aging is a biological process that affects most cells, organisms and species. Human aging is associated with increased susceptibility to a variety of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, neurological diseases and cancer. Despite the remarkable progress made during the last two decades, our understanding of the biology of aging remains incomplete. Telomere biology has recently emerged as an important player in the aging and disease process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Prevention Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. hzhu@mail.mcg.edu
authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belcher
authors.forename: Pim
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van der Harst
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology; D019098:Telomerase / Q000502:physiology; D016615:Telomere / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D019098:Telomerase