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Association of FOXO3A variation with human longevity confirmed in German centenarians.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Feb 2009
Flachsbart Friederike, Caliebe Amke, Kleindorp Rabea, Blanché Hélène, von Eller-Eberstein Huberta, Nikolaus Susanna, Schreiber Stefan, Nebel Almut
Abstract excerpt
The human forkhead box O3A gene (FOXO3A) encodes an evolutionarily conserved key regulator of the insulin-IGF1 signaling pathway that is known to influence metabolism and lifespan in model organisms. A recent study described 3 SNPs in the FOXO3A gene that were statistically significantly associated with longevity in a discovery sample of long-lived men of Japanese ancestry [Willcox et al. (2008) Proc Natl Acad...
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