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Lipoprotein genotype and conserved pathway for exceptional longevity in humans.
PLoS biology - 1 Apr 2006
Atzmon Gil, Rincon Marielisa, Schechter Clyde B, Shuldiner Alan R, Lipton Richard B, Bergman Aviv, Barzilai Nir
Abstract excerpt
Alteration of single genes involved in nutrient and lipoprotein metabolism increases longevity in several animal models. Because exceptional longevity in humans is familial, it is likely that polymorphisms in genes favorably influence certain phenotypes and increase the likelihood of exceptional longevity. A group of Ashkenazi Jewish centenarians (n = 213), their offspring (n = 216), and an age-matched Ashkenazi...
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