Telomere length and cardiovascular diseases: focus on chronic psychological stress
AbstractModern medicine is characterized by the introduction of new methods of diagnosis, risk assessment and progression of various diseases and their prevention and treatment. Particular attention is paid to the predicative and personalized medicine, which allows to optimize the diagnosis and treatment to the individual. One of the new biomarkers that allow to assess the overall condition of the body, to predict the occurrence of certain diseases (including cardiovascular diseases) and their outcomes is the telomere length of chromosomes of different cells.
Effects on telomere length may allow a new way of therapy for many diseases. For this purpose it is necessary to conduct clinical trials, including studies the influence of various factors (internal and external) for the length of telomeric chromosomal regions. In this article assessed relationship between chronic psychological stress, telomere length and risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Keywords:telomere, aging, biomarker, chronic psychological stress, cardiovascular system