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Anatoliy I Yashin1, Konstantin G Arbeev1, Deqing Wu1, Liubov S Arbeeva2, Olivia Bagley1, Eric Stallard1, Alexander M Kulminski1, Igor Akushevich1, Fang Fang1, Mary K Wojczynski3, Kaare Christensen4, Anne B Newman5, Robert M Boudreau5, Michael A Province6, Stephen Thielke7, Thomas T Perls8, Ping An3, Irma Elo9, Svetlana V Ukraintseva1.
Abstract
The special design of the Long Life Family Study provides a unique opportunity to investigate the genetics of human longevity by analyzing data on exceptional lifespans in families. In this article, we performed two series of genome wide association studies of human longevity which differed with respect to whether missing lifespan data were predicted or not predicted. We showed that the use of predicted lifespan is most beneficial when the follow-up period is relatively short. In addition to detection of strong associations of SNPs in APOE, TOMM40, NECTIN2, and APOC1 genes with longevity, we also detected a strong new association with longevity of rs1927465, located between the CYP26A1 and MYOF genes on chromosome 10. The association was confirmed using data from the Health and Retirement Study. We discuss the biological relevance of the detected SNPs to human longevity.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30299504 PMCID: PMC6175028 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gly057
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci ISSN: 1079-5006 Impact factor: 6.053