Elizabeth H Blackburn

Biographic Data

ID163572
NAMEElizabeth H Blackburn
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth H
FAMILY NAMEBlackburn
SIGNATUREBLACKBURN E H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, San Francisco
ORCID0000-0002-4885-0544
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS106
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX4

  • Socioeconomic Status, Financial Strain, and Leukocyte Telomere Length in a Sample of African American Midlife Men

    Open AccessJoshua M Schrock, Nancy E Adler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2018Cited by: 2References: 59

  • Race-Ethnicity, Poverty, Urban Stressors, and Telomere Length in a Detroit Community-based Sample

    Open AccessA T Geronimus, Jay A Pearson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…2015Cited by: 48References: 106

    Residents of distressed urban areas suffer early aging-related disease and excess mortality. Using a community-based participatory research approach in a collaboration between social researchers and cellular biologists, we collected a unique data set of 239 black, white, or Mexican adults from a stratified, multistage probability sample of three Detroit neighborhoods. We drew venous blood and measured telomere length (TL), an indicator of stress-…

  • Discrimination, Racial Bias, and Telomere Length in African-American Men

    Open AccessDavid H Chae, David Chae et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Preventive…2014

  • Seasonal variation of peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica

    Open AccessD H Rehkopf, William H Dow et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2014

    There are two possible explanations of our findings. First, there could be relatively rapid month-to-month changes in LTL. This conclusion would have implications for understanding the natural population dynamics of telomere length. Second, there could be seasonal differences in constituent cell populations. This conclusion would suggest that future studies of LTL use methods to account for the potential impact of constituent cell type

  • Associations of ghrelin with eating behaviors, stress, metabolic factors, and telomere length among overweight and obese women

    Open AccessJulia Buss, Peter J Havel et al.ARTICLEAppetite2014Cited by: 1References: 93

  • Soda and Cell Aging

    Cindy W Leung, Barbara A Laraia et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2014Cited by: 6References: 50

    Objectives. We tested whether leukocyte telomere length maintenance, which underlies healthy cellular aging, provides a link between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and the risk of cardiometabolic disease. Methods. We examined cross-sectional associations between the consumption of SSBs, diet soda, and fruit juice and telomere length in a nationally representative sample of healthy adults. The study population included 5309 US adults, …

  • Socioeconomic status, health behavior, and leukocyte telomere length in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002

    Open AccessB L Needham, Nancy Adler et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2013Cited by: 35References: 77

  • Socioeconomic status and cell aging in children

    Open AccessB L Needham, Jose R Fernandez et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2012Cited by: 14References: 35

  • Depression and Leukocyte Telomere Length in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

    Petra W Hoen, Peter De Jonge et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011

    OBJECTIVE: Shortened telomere length has been associated with mortality in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and is considered as an emerging marker of biologic age. Whether depression is associated with telomere length or trajectory has not been evaluated in patients with CHD. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, we measured leukocyte telomere length in 952 participants with stable CHD at baseline and in 608 of these participants aft…

  • Autonomic and Adrenocortical Reactivity and Buccal Cell Telomere Length in Kindergarten Children

    Candyce H Kroenke, Elissa S Epel et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011

    Objective: To examine associations between autonomic nervous system and adrenocortical reactivity to laboratory stressors and buccal cell telomere length (BTL) in children. Methods: The study sample comprised 78 children, aged 5 to 6 years, from a longitudinal cohort study of kindergarten social hierarchies, biologic responses to adversity, and child health. Buccal cell samples and reactivity measures were collected in the spring of the kindergar…

  • Dietary Restraint and Telomere Length in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women

    Amy K Kiefer, Amy Kiefer et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2008

    BACKGROUND: Leukocyte telomere shortening can serve as a biomarker of aging, as telomere length (TL) can decline with age and shortening is positively associated with morbidity and mortality. It is therefore important to identify psychological and behavioral factors linked to accelerated telomere shortening. Stress and poorer metabolic health (greater adiposity, insulin resistance, and cortisol) correlate with shorter telomeres. Self-reported die…

  • Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress

    Open AccessElissa S Epel, Elizabeth H Blackburn et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2004

    Numerous studies demonstrate links between chronic stress and indices of poor health, including risk factors for cardiovascular disease and poorer immune function. Nevertheless, the exact mechanisms of how stress gets “under the skin” remain elusive. We investigated the hypothesis that stress impacts health by modulating the rate of cellular aging. Here we provide evidence that psychological stress— both perceived stress and chronicity of stress—…