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Genetic landscape of APOE in human longevity revealed by high-throughput sequencing.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Apr 2016
Ryu Seungjin, Atzmon Gil, Barzilai Nir, Raghavachari Nalini, Suh Yousin
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene has been the most replicated longevity-associated gene in humans. Two common APOE alleles are either significantly depleted (ε4 allele) or enriched (ε2 allele) in long-lived individuals as compared to controls. We performed high-throughput sequencing analysis of exons and 2kb proximal promoter of APOE in 450 centenarians and 500 controls of Ashkenazi Jewish decent. We found two common...
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