Isolation of a candidate human telomerase catalytic subunit gene, which reveals complex splicing patterns in different cell types - PubMed (original) (raw)

Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer.

Bojesen SE, Pooley KA, Johnatty SE, Beesley J, Michailidou K, Tyrer JP, Edwards SL, Pickett HA, Shen HC, Smart CE, Hillman KM, Mai PL, Lawrenson K, Stutz MD, Lu Y, Karevan R, Woods N, Johnston RL, French JD, Chen X, Weischer M, Nielsen SF, Maranian MJ, Ghoussaini M, Ahmed S, Baynes C, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, McGuffog L, Barrowdale D, Lee A, Healey S, Lush M, Tessier DC, Vincent D, Bacot F; Australian Cancer Study; Australian Ovarian Cancer Study; Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer (kConFab); Gene Environment Interaction and Breast Cancer (GENICA); Swedish Breast Cancer Study (SWE-BRCA); Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON); Epidemiological study of BRCA1 & BRCA2 Mutation Carriers (EMBRACE); Genetic Modifiers of Cancer Risk in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers (GEMO); Vergote I, Lambrechts S, Despierre E, Risch HA, González-Neira A, Rossing MA, Pita G, Doherty JA, Alvarez N, Larson MC, Fridley BL, Schoof N, Chang-Claude J, Cicek MS, Peto J, Kalli KR, Broeks A, Armasu SM, Schmidt MK, Braaf LM, Winterhoff B, Nevanlinna H, Konecny GE, Lambrechts D, Rogmann L, Guénel P, Teoman A, Milne RL, Garcia JJ, Cox … See abstract for full author list ➔ Bojesen SE, et al. Nat Genet. 2013 Apr;45(4):371-84, 384e1-2. doi: 10.1038/ng.2566. Nat Genet. 2013. PMID: 23535731 Free PMC article.

Noncanonical Role of Telomerase in Regulation of Microvascular Redox Environment With Implications for Coronary Artery Disease.

Ait-Aissa K, Norwood-Toro LE, Terwoord J, Young M, Paniagua LA, Hader SN, Hughes WE, Hockenberry JC, Beare JE, Linn J, Kohmoto T, Kim J, Betts DH, LeBlanc AJ, Gutterman DD, Beyer AM. Ait-Aissa K, et al. Function (Oxf). 2022 Sep 3;3(5):zqac043. doi: 10.1093/function/zqac043. eCollection 2022. Function (Oxf). 2022. PMID: 36168588 Free PMC article.