Zinc sulfate contributes to promote telomere length extension via increasing telomerase gene expression, telomerase activity and change in the TERT gene promoter CpG island methylation status of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells

• Raheleh Farahzadi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

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• Ezzatollah Fathi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ez.fathi@tabrizu.ac.ir

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0806-2735

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• Seyed Alireza Mesbah-Namin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

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• Nosratollah Zarghami

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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