What is Telomerase and how it is connected to Our Aging?

Posted by reversingmyage on January 29th, 2018

Telomerase is not a secret for today's world. It is also known as terminal transferees. Today, you will get to know about it and how it is affecting the aging of the skin.

Definition of Telomerase:

A telomere is made of a region of monotonous sequences at each end of eukaryotic and chromosomes. It is the cap at each point of DNA to protect chromosomes. It’s a protector for chromosomes staying in eukaryotic cells. When telomeres repeat sequence is added with the 3 ‘end of telomeres bonding with ribonucleoprotein is called telomerase.

How Are They Connected To Aging?

In our nature, things are not what see. They are supervised and controlled in their own way. The psychologist Elissa Epel, published a book in her own way aiming at a general key to focus on better lifestyle. Actually, our lifestyle is connected with our overall health and aging. She said that we can control our aging than anyone or anything ever we can even imagine. Telomerase and telomeres are respectively connected to our aging and in sometimes even cancer.

Telomeres are more than essential for human cells than we can even imagine ever. They protect chromosomes of our cells binding to the strand of DNA. It is some kind of a protector shield i.e. a plastic cap at the end of the shoelaces.

so, if there is no coating, shoelaces can become fragile and they can't work properly. So, the telomere is like this. Without a DNA strand they become frayed and our cells unable to perform their functions.

DNA is responsible for building all the cells in our body. It is an only genetic component that makes our body. So, telomeres are a vital element for our health and body. Our body cells get refill copying them. It is cycling process. It keeps happening through the life. Every time a cell copies itself telomeres get shortened. Among all the telomeres the lead telomere intact other cells and telomere. Gradually, our telomeres get too short to perform their function. When they are too short to perform, causes our cells to get aged and cause dysfunctionality to the skin.

Telomeres shortening itself is guilty of aging process on a cellular level. The shorter telomeres length characterizes biological age as opposed to the chronical age. They are many studies that show that there are a strong connection short telomeres and cellular aging. 

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