LongevityMap Gene
Gene details
- HGNC symbol
- TGFA
- Aliases
- TFGA
- Common name
- transforming growth factor alpha
- Description
- This gene encodes a growth factor that is a ligand for the epidermal growth factor receptor, which activates a signaling pathway for cell proliferation, differentiation and development. This protein may act as either a transmembrane-bound ligand or a soluble ligand. This gene has been associated with many types of cancers, and it may also be involved in some cases of cleft lip/palate. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]
- Cytogenetic Location
- 2p13.3
- UCSC Genome Browser
- View 2p13.3 on the UCSC genome browser
- OMIM
- 190170
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000163235
- UniProt/Swiss-Prot
- E7EPT6_HUMAN
- Entrez Gene
- 7039
- UniGene
- 170009
- 1000 Genomes
- 1000 Genomes
Homologs in model organisms
Studies (1)
Significant/Non-significant: 1/0
- Longevity Association
- Significant
- Population
- American (Caucasian)
- Study Design
- Genome-wide association study using 1,471 genotyped participants from the Framingham Heart Study, of which 1,173 individuals had known lifespans, plus 517 individuals from the Offspring cohort for validating connections between longevity and genetic variants
- Conclusions
- A total of 27 SNPs, including in CDH4, SVEP1, CACNA1C, CARS, STK24, C7orf50, PARVG, NCAM2, PPP2R2C, NLRC5, BTBD9, RAC2, TGFA, KIAA0649, ABCC4, CLSTN2, FAM19A5 and RUNX3, were identified at the intersection of various statistical procedures
- Indentifier
- rs432203
- Reference