Association of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery With Telomere Length in Patients With Obesity

JAMA Surg. 2019 Mar 1;154(3):266-268. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.4830.

Authors

John M Morton¹, Trit Garg², Natalia Leva³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
³ Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This study examines whether telomeres lengthen in obese patients before and after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Biomarkers / blood
Female
Gastric Bypass*
Humans
Laparoscopy*
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Telomere Homeostasis*

Substances

Biomarkers