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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
The exceptional longevity of centenarians is due in part to inherited genetic factors, as deduced from data that show that first degree relatives of centenarians live longer and have reduced overall mortality. In recent years, a number of groups have performed genetic association studies on long-living individuals (LLI) and young controls to identify alleles that are either positively or negatively selected in the centenarian population as consequence of a demographic pressure. Many of the reported studies have shown genetic loci associated with longevity. Of these, with the exception of APOE, none have been convincingly reproduced. We validated our populations by typing the APOE locus. In addition, we used 749 American Caucasian LLI, organized in two independent tiers and 355 American Caucasian controls in the attempt to replicate previously published findings. We tested Klotho (KL)-VS variant (rs952706), Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) I405V (rs5882), Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) Q192R (rs662), Apolipoprotein C-III (APOC3) -641C/A (rs2542052), Microsomal Transfer Protein (MTP) -493G/T (rs2866164) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon2 and epsilon4 isoforms, (rs7412 and rs429358) haplotypes respectively. Our results show that, at present, except for APOE, none of the selected genes show association with longevity if carefully tested in a large cohort of LLI and their controls, pointing to the need of larger populations for case-control studies in extreme longevity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1389-5729
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-92
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Apolipoproteins E, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Child, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Longevity, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-Sample Size, pubmed-meshheading:18034366-United States
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Lack of replication of genetic associations with human longevity.
pubmed:affiliation
Genetic Department, IRCCS Multimedica, via Milanese 300, Sesto S. Giovanni (Milan), 20099, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't