Leukocyte telomere length in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia.

Nithita NanthatantiAdisak TantiworawitPokpong PiriyakhuntornThanawat RattanathammetheeSasinee HantrakoolChatree Chai-AdisaksophaEkarat RattarittamrongLalita NorasetthadaWirote TuntiwechapikulKanda FanhchaksaiPimlak CharoenkwanSirinart KumfuNipon Chattipakorn

Published in: BMC medical genomics (2020)

Our study showed that TDT patients had shorter leukocyte telomere length compared with controls. Leukocyte telomere shortening in TDT was an aging-dependent process and associated with lower hemoglobin level.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
peripheral blood
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
cardiac surgery
patient reported outcomes
acute kidney injury