Browsing by Author "Martens, Dries S."

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  • Child buccal telomere length and mitochondrial DNA content as biomolecular markers of ageing in association with air pollution
    Hautekiet, Pauline; Nawrot, Tim S.; Janssen, Bram G.; Martens, Dries S.; De Clercq, Eva M.; Dadvand, Payam; Plusquin, Michelle; Bijnens, Esmée M.; Saenen, Nelly D. (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background: Pro-inflammatory conditions such as air pollution might induce biological ageing. However, the available evidence on such an impact in children is still very scarce. We studied in primary schoolchildren the ...
  • Children who sleep more may have longer telomeres: findings from the INMA birth cohort study
    Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Valera-Gran, Desirée; Fernández-Pires, Paula; Martens, Dries S.; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; Rodríguez Dehli, Cristina; Andiarena, Ainara; Lozano Relaño, Manuel; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Lertxundi, Aitana; Llop, Sabrina; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Nawrot, Tim S.; Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva-María (Nature Research, 2022)
    Background: Inadequate sleep duration has been suggested as a chronic stressor associated with changes in telomere length (TL). This study aimed to explore the association between sleep duration and TL using the INMA birth ...
  • Genetic regulation of newborn telomere length is mediated and modified by DNA methylation
    Wang, Congrong; Alfano, Rossella; Reimann, Brigitte; Hogervorst, Janneke; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; De Vivo, Immaculata; Plusquin, Michelle; Nawrot, Tim S.; Martens, Dries S. (Frontiers, 2022)
    Telomere length at birth determines later life telomere length and potentially predicts ageing-related diseases. However, the genetic and epigenetic settings of telomere length in newborns have not been analyzed. In addition, ...
  • Obesity is associated with shorter telomeres in 8 year-old children
    Clemente Batalha Pardal, Diana, 1990-; Maitre, Léa; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Chatzi, Leda; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Fossati, Serena; Gražulevičienė, Regina; Gützkow, Kristine B.; Lepeule, Johanna; Martens, Dries S.; McEachan, Rosemary R.C.; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Petraviciene, Inga; Slama, Rémy; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Urquiza, José M.; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Wright, John; Nawrot, Tim S.; Vrijheid, Martine (Nature Research, 2019)
    Telomere length is considered a biomarker of biological aging. Shorter telomeres and obesity have both been associated with age-related diseases. To evaluate the association between various indices of obesity with leukocyte ...
  • Prenatal and childhood traffic-related air pollution exposure and telomere length in european children: The HELIX Project
    Clemente Batalha Pardal, Diana, 1990-; Vrijheid, Martine; Martens, Dries S.; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Chatzi, Leda; Danileviciute, Asta; de Castro, Montserrat; Gražulevičienė, Regina; Gutzkow, Kristine B.; Lepeule, Johanna; Maitre, Léa; McEachan, Rosemary R.C.; Robinson, Oliver; Schwarze, Per E.; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Wright, John; Slama, Rémy; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Nawrot, Tim S. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2019)
    Background: Telomere length is a molecular marker of biological aging. Objective: Here we investigated whether early-life exposure to residential air pollution was associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) at 8 y of ...
  • Sedentary behaviour and telomere length shortening during early childhood: evidence from the multicentre prospective INMA Cohort Study
    Prieto-Botella, Daniel; Martens, Dries S.; Valera-Gran, Desirée; Subiza-Pérez, Mikel; Tardón, Adonina; Lozano Relaño, Manuel; Casas, Maribel; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Jimeno-Rome, Alba; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Llop, Sabrina; Vrijheid, Martine; Nawrot, Tim S.; Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva-María (MDPI, 2023)
    Sedentary behaviour (SB) may be related to telomere length (TL) attrition due to a possible pro-inflammatory effect. This study examined the association between parent-reported sedentary behaviour (SB) and leukocyte TL at ...