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Genetic associations with human longevity at the APOE and ACE loci
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In an effort to dissect the genetic components of longevity, we have undertaken case-control studies of populations of centenarians (n = 338) and adults aged 20-70 years at several polymorphic candidate gene loci. Here we report results on two genes, chosen for their impact on cardiovascular risk, encoding apolipoprotein E (ApoE), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). We find that the epsilon 4 allele of APOE, which promotes premature atherosclerosis, is significantly less frequent in centenarians than in controls (p < 0.001), while the frequency of the epsilon 2 allele, associated previously with type III and IV hyperlipidemia, is significantly increased (p < 0.01). A variant of ACE which predisposes to coronary heart disease is surprisingly more frequent in centenarians, with a significant increase of the homozygous genotype (p < 0.01). These associations provide examples of genetic influences on differential survival and may point to pleiotropic age-dependent effects on longevity.
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- Authors
- Schächter, F., Faure-Delanef, L., Guénot, F., Rouger, H., Froguel, P., Lesueur-Ginot, L., & Cohen, D.
- Affiliations
- Fondation Jean Dausset-CEPH (FR)
- Venue
- Nature Genetics
- Published
- 1994-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 29-32
- ISSN
- 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1718
- OpenAlex
- W2069863984
- Cited by
- 1,095
- References
- 36
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- FWCI
- 39.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms
- Keywords
- human longevity, centenarians, apolipoprotein E, APOE ε4, angiotensin-converting enzyme, ACE I/D polymorphism, genetic association, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, cardiovascular risk, hyperlipidemia, pleiotropy, differential survival
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alleles, Apolipoproteins E, Base Sequence, Female, France, Gene Frequency, Genotype, Humans, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, Longevity, Male, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, Polymorphism, Genetic, Sex Characteristics, Case-Control Studies
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