Telomere length varies by DNA extraction method: implications for epidemiologic research-letter

Jonathan N Hofmann¹, Amy A Hutchinson², Richard Cawthon², Chin-San Liu², Shannon M Lynch³, Qing Lan², Nathaniel Rothman², Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon², Mark P Purdue²

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¹ Authors' Affiliations: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, NCI-DCEG, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vascular and Genomic Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan hofmannjn@mail.nih.gov.
² Authors' Affiliations: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, NCI-DCEG, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vascular and Genomic Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
³ Authors' Affiliations: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, NCI-DCEG, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vascular and Genomic Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, TaiwanAuthors' Affiliations: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, NCI-DCEG, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vascular and Genomic Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.

PMID: 24798729
PMCID: PMC4051398
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0145

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Telomere length varies by DNA extraction method: implications for epidemiologic research-letter

Jonathan N Hofmann et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jun.

. 2014 Jun;23(6):1129-30.

doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0145. Epub 2014 May 5.

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Jonathan N Hofmann¹, Amy A Hutchinson², Richard Cawthon², Chin-San Liu², Shannon M Lynch³, Qing Lan², Nathaniel Rothman², Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon², Mark P Purdue²

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¹ Authors' Affiliations: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, NCI-DCEG, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vascular and Genomic Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan hofmannjn@mail.nih.gov.
² Authors' Affiliations: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, NCI-DCEG, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vascular and Genomic Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
³ Authors' Affiliations: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, NCI-DCEG, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vascular and Genomic Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, TaiwanAuthors' Affiliations: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, NCI-DCEG, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Vascular and Genomic Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.

PMID: 24798729
PMCID: PMC4051398
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0145

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Boardman LA, Skinner HG, Litzelman K. Boardman LA, et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jun;23(6):1131. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0234. Epub 2014 May 5. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014. PMID: 24798728 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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Telomere length varies by DNA extraction method: implications for epidemiologic research.
Cunningham JM, Johnson RA, Litzelman K, Skinner HG, Seo S, Engelman CD, Vanderboom RJ, Kimmel GW, Gangnon RE, Riegert-Johnson DL, Baron JA, Potter JD, Haile R, Buchanan DD, Jenkins MA, Rider DN, Thibodeau SN, Petersen GM, Boardman LA. Cunningham JM, et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Nov;22(11):2047-54. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0409. Epub 2013 Sep 9. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013. PMID: 24019396 Free PMC article.

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