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Polymorphisms associated with type 2 diabetes in familial longevity: The Leiden Longevity Study.
Aging - 1 Jan 2011
Mooijaart Simon P, van Heemst Diana, Noordam Raymond, Rozing Maarten P, Wijsman Carolien A, de Craen Anton J M, Westendorp Rudi G J, Beekman Marian, Slagboom P Eline
Abstract excerpt
Human longevity is in part genetically determined, and the insulin/IGF-1 signal transduction (IIS) pathway has consistently been implicated. In humans, type 2 diabetes is a frequent disease that results from loss of glucose homeostasis and for which new candidate polymorphisms now rapidly emerge from genome wide association studies. In the Leiden Longevity Study (n=2415), the offspring of long lived siblings...
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