Parallel telomere shortening in multiple body tissues owing to malaria infection

Mortality and pathology in birds due to Plasmodium (Giovannolaia) homocircumflexum infection, with emphasis on the exoerythrocytic development of avian malaria parasites

(2016) Mikas Ilgūnas et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Description of the first cryptic avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium homocircumflexum n. sp., with experimental data on its virulence and development in avian hosts and mosquitoes

(2015) Vaidas Palinauskas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

The Avian Transcriptome Response to Malaria Infection

(2015) Elin Videvall et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Hidden costs of infection: Chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds

(2015) M. Asghar et al.   SCIENCE

β-Cell Telomere Attrition in Diabetes: Inverse Correlation Between HbA1c and Telomere Length

(2014) Yoshiaki Tamura et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Maternal and genetic factors determine early life telomere length

(2014) M. Asghar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Non cell autonomous upregulation of CDKN2 transcription linked to progression of chronic hepatitis C disease

(2013) Mark W. Robinson et al.   AGING CELL

Accelerated biological ageing in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa

(2013) Sophia Pathai et al.   AIDS

Decreased Leukocyte Telomere Length (LTL) Is Associated with Stroke but Unlikely to Be Causative

(2013) Xin Jiang et al.   PLoS One

Telomere Length Correlations among Somatic Tissues in Adult Zebra Finches

(2013) Sophie Reichert et al.   PLoS One

Physiological mechanisms mediating costs of immune responses: what can we learn from studies of birds?

(2012) Dennis Hasselquist et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Primary peak and chronic malaria infection levels are correlated in experimentally infected great reed warblers

(2012) MUHAMMAD ASGHAR et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Are chronic avian haemosporidian infections costly in wild birds?

(2011) Muhammad Asghar et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Telomere dysfunction induces metabolic and mitochondrial compromise

(2011) Ergün Sahin et al.   NATURE

Quantitative disease resistance: to better understand parasite-mediated selection on major histocompatibility complex

(2011) H. Westerdahl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Telomeres and Telomerase: The Means to the End (Nobel Lecture)

(2010) Elizabeth H. Blackburn   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) and Plasmodium ashfordi (lineage GRW2): The effects of the co-infection on experimentally infected passerine birds

(2010) Vaidas Palinauskas et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Telomerase reactivation reverses tissue degeneration in aged telomerase-deficient mice

(2010) Mariela Jaskelioff et al.   NATURE

Linking functional decline of telomeres, mitochondria and stem cells during ageing

(2010) Ergün Sahin et al.   NATURE

Real-time quantitative PCR assay for measurement of avian telomeres

(2009) François Criscuolo et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

DNA Damage, Aging, and Cancer

(2009) Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Genetic variation in human telomerase is associated with telomere length in Ashkenazi centenarians

(2009) G. Atzmon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reduced telomerase activity in human T lymphocytes exposed to cortisol

(2008) Jenny Choi et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Telomere Attrition Due to Infection

(2008) Petteri Ilmonen et al.   PLoS One