Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan

By B. Heidinger, J. D. Blount, W. Boner, Kate Griffiths, N. Metcalfe, P. Monaghan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012

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Subfields: Aging, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology

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Prenatal developmental origins of behavior and mental health: The influence of maternal stress in pregnancy. (2017, background): “A reduction in the newborn telomere length could confer greater susceptibility in later life for pathophysiological outcomes, highlighting the importance of understanding factors that determine an individual’s newborn telomere length (Aviv, 2012; Entringer et al., 2012; Heidinger et al., 2012).”
Growing in Cities: An Urban Penalty for Wild Birds? A Study of Phenotypic Differences between Urban and Rural Great Tit Chicks (Parus major) (2017, positive): “Moreover, telomere length has also been linked with survival (Barrett et al., 2013; Fairlie et al., 2016) and it can be used as a reliable proxy of an individual’s longevity (Heidinger et al., 2012).”
Increased brood size leads to persistent eroded telomeres (2014, background): “…and Evolutionary Ecology April 2014 | Volume 2 | Article 9 | 8 enrich the recent finding of long-term telomere changes over the entire reproductive life of zebra finches, showing that an erosion of telomeres takes place independently of the number of reproductive events (Heidinger et al., 2012).”
Measuring biological aging in humans: A quest (2019, background): “…Hammadah et al., 2017), reduced immune response to influenza vaccination (Najarro et al., 2015), mortality (Batsis et al., 2017; Goglin et al., 2016; Heidinger et al., 2012), and several adverse health outcomes (Lin et al., 2015; Lorenzi et al., 2018; Lustig et al., 2017; Sanders & Newman, 2013).”
Telomere length, non-breeding habitat and return rate in male American redstarts (2013, methodology): “This study therefore confirms that telomere length is related to survival in vertebrates (Haussmann et al. 2003; Haussmann, Winkler & Vleck 2005; Pauliny et al. 2006; Bize et al. 2009; Salomons et al. 2009; Foote et al. 2010; Olsson et al. 2011a,b; Heidinger et al. 2012; but see Ujvari & Madsen 2009”