LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Non-significant
Population
Korean
Study Design
Common polymorphism was examined in 103 centenarians (13 men and 90 women, mean age 102.4 +/- 2.6 years) and in 6435 adults (5008 men and 1427 women) of mean age 50.7 +/- 7.9 years
Conclusions
The frequencies of genotypes and alleles of the centenarians were not significantly different from those of the control groups. The frequency of the E4 allele, however, was significantly higher in centenarians with dementia than in centenarians without definitive dementia.
Identifier
E2/E3/E4
In Other Studies (IDs)
5 8 9 11 14 51 55 68 86 131 171 190 224 229 373 374 3476
Cytogenetic Location
19q13.32
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
APOE
Aliases
AD2; LPG; APO-E; ApoE4; LDLCQ5 
Common name
apolipoprotein E 
Description
The protein encoded by this gene is a major apoprotein of the chylomicron. It binds to a specific liver and peripheral cell receptor, and is essential for the normal catabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoprotein constituents. This gene maps to chromosome 19 in a cluster with the related apolipoprotein C1 and C2 genes. Mutations in this gene result in familial dysbetalipoproteinemia, or type III hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP III), in which increased plasma cholesterol and triglycerides are the consequence of impaired clearance of chylomicron and VLDL remnants. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2016]
Other longevity studies of this gene
30
OMIM
107741
Ensembl
ENSG00000130203
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
A0A0S2Z3D5_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
348
UniGene
654439
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Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio
apoea
Danio rerio
apoeb
Mus musculus
Apoe
Rattus norvegicus
Apoe

In other databases

GenAge model organism genes
  • A homolog of this gene for Mus musculus is present as Apoe
GenAge human genes
  • This gene is present as APOE
GenAge microarray genes
  • This gene is present as APOE

References

Choi et al. (2003)

Other variants which are also part of this study