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APOE gene polymorphism in long-lived individuals from a central China population.
Scientific reports - 12 Jun 2017
Liu Guodong, Liu Xiang, Yu Pulin, Wang Qi, Wang Hua, Li Chenfang, Ye Guangming, Wu Xiaoling, Tan Chunling
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies from European and East Asian cohorts reported conflicting results over whether and how the frequencies of the three common alleles, ε2, ε3 and ε4, of the apolioprotein E gene (APOE), in long-lived individuals differ from those in younger age groups. This study was the first to analyse these frequencies of long-lived individuals from central China. Genotyping of APOE alleles and genotypes was...
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