Is Southern blotting necessary to measure telomere length reproducibly? Authors' Response to: Commentary: The reliability of telomere length measurements

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
² Institute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
³ Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
⁴ Department. of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Bimetra, Clinical Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁸ Department of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
¹⁰ Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
¹¹ Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹² Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹³ MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK and.
¹⁴ Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, t.vonzglinicki@newcastle.ac.uk.

Comment

Carmen M Martin-Ruiz et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;44(5):1686-7.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv169. Epub 2015 Sep 24.

¹ Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
² Institute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
³ Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
⁴ Department. of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Bimetra, Clinical Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁸ Department of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
¹⁰ Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
¹¹ Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹² Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹³ MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK and.
¹⁴ Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, t.vonzglinicki@newcastle.ac.uk.

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Comment on

Reproducibility of telomere length assessment: an international collaborative study.
Martin-Ruiz CM, Baird D, Roger L, Boukamp P, Krunic D, Cawthon R, Dokter MM, van der Harst P, Bekaert S, de Meyer T, Roos G, Svenson U, Codd V, Samani NJ, McGlynn L, Shiels PG, Pooley KA, Dunning AM, Cooper R, Wong A, Kingston A, von Zglinicki T. Martin-Ruiz CM, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Oct;44(5):1673-83. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu191. Epub 2014 Sep 19. Int J Epidemiol. 2015. PMID: 25239152 Free PMC article.
Commentary: The reliability of telomere length measurements.
Verhulst S, Susser E, Factor-Litvak PR, Simons MJ, Benetos A, Steenstrup T, Kark JD, Aviv A. Verhulst S, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Oct;44(5):1683-6. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv166. Epub 2015 Sep 24. Int J Epidemiol. 2015. PMID: 26403812 Free PMC article. No abstract available.