Meaning It is likely that longer telomeres increase risk for several cancers but reduce risk for some non-neoplastic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. This trade-off in risk should be carefully considered in any diagnostic, prognostic, or therapeutic applications based on telomere length. Abs...
The circularity ranged from 0 to 1.0, with a higher circularity meaning that the shape of the given islet was closer to a circle [9,10,11]. In this study, circularity was calculated using the following formula: 4π × (area of islet) / (perimeter of islet)2. We adopted 0.71 as a ...