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Martin-Ruiz, Carmen M
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Reproducibility of telomere length assessment : an international collaborative study
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2014-09-19
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Oxford University Press,2015
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyu191DOI
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Background: Telomere length is a putative biomarker of ageing, morbidity and mortality. Its application is hampered by lack of widely applicable reference ranges and uncertainty regarding the present limits of measurement reproducibility within and between laboratories. Methods: We instigated an international collaborative study of telomere length assessment: 10 different laboratories, employing 3 different techniques [Southern blotting, single telomere length analysis (STELA) and real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR)] performed two rounds of fully blinded measurements on 10 human DNA samples per round to enable unbiased assessment of intra- and inter-batch variation between laboratories and techniques. Results: Absolute results from different laboratories differed widely and could thus not be compared directly, but rankings of relative telomere lengths were highly correlated (correlation coefficients of 0.63-0.99). Intra-technique correlations were similar for Southern blotting and qPCR and were stronger than inter-technique ones. However, inter-laboratory coefficients of variation (CVs) averaged about 10% for Southern blotting and STELA and more than 20% for qPCR. This difference was compensated for by a higher dynamic range for the qPCR method as shown by equal variance after z-scoring. Technical variation per laboratory, measured as median of intra- and inter-batch CVs, ranged from 1.4% to 9.5%, with differences between laboratories only marginally significant (P = 0.06). Gel-based and PCR-based techniques were not different in accuracy. Conclusions: Intra- and inter-laboratory technical variation severely limits the usefulness of data pooling and excludes sharing of reference ranges between laboratories. We propose to establish a common set of physical telomere length standards to improve comparability of telomere length estimates between laboratories.
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Baird, Duncan
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Roger, Laureline
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Boukamp, Petra
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Krunic, Damir
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Cawthon, Richard
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Dokter, Martin M
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van der Harst, Pim
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Bekaert, Sofie
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de Meyer, Tim
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Roos, GöranUmeå universitet,Patologi(Swepub:umu)goro0001
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Svenson, UlrikaUmeå universitet,Patologi(Swepub:umu)ulason03
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Codd, Veryan
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Samani, Nilesh J
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McGlynn, Liane
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Shiels, Paul G
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Pooley, Karen A
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Dunning, Alison M
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Cooper, Rachel
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Wong, Andrew
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Kingston, Andrew
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von Zglinicki, Thomas
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Umeå universitetPatologi
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In:International Journal of Epidemiology: Oxford University Press44:5, s. 1673-16830300-57711464-3685
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