LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Significant
Population
European
Study Design
A genome-wide association meta-analysis was performed in 7729 long-lived individuals of European descent (>=85 years) and 16,121 younger controls ( <65 years) followed by replication in an additional set of 13,060 long-lived individuals and 61 156 controls.
Conclusions
rs2149954 and rs4420638 were observed significantly associated with longevity. Meta-analysis showed rs2149954 (T) associates with increased survival.
Identifier
rs2149954
Cytogenetic Location
5q33.3
UCSC Genome Browser
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
LINC02227
Aliases
 
Common name
long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 2227 
Description
OMIM
Ensembl
ENSG00000276778
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
Entrez Gene
101927697
UniGene
483960
HapMap
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Homologs in model organisms

No homologs found

References

Deelen et al. (2014)

Other variants which are also part of this study