Immunochip analysis identifies association of the RAD50/IL13 region with human longevity

Summary Human longevity is characterized by a remarkable lack of confirmed genetic associations. Here, we report on the identification of a novel locus for longevity in the RAD50/IL13 region on chromosome 5q31.1 using a combined European sample of 3208 long‐lived individuals (LLI) and 8919 younger c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Aging cell 2016-06, Vol.15 (3), p.585-588
Hauptverfasser: Flachsbart, Friederike, Ellinghaus, David, Gentschew, Liljana, Heinsen, Femke‐Anouska, Caliebe, Amke, Christiansen, Lene, Nygaard, Marianne, Christensen, Kaare, Blanché, Hélène, Deleuze, Jean‐François, Derbois, Céline, Galan, Pilar, Büning, Carsten, Brand, Stephan, Peters, Anette, Strauch, Konstantin, Müller‐Nurasyid, Martina, Hoffmann, Per, Nöthen, Markus M., Lieb, Wolfgang, Franke, Andre, Schreiber, Stefan, Nebel, Almut
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Human longevity is characterized by a remarkable lack of confirmed genetic associations. Here, we report on the identification of a novel locus for longevity in the RAD50/IL13 region on chromosome 5q31.1 using a combined European sample of 3208 long‐lived individuals (LLI) and 8919 younger controls. First, we performed a large‐scale association study on 1458 German LLI (mean age 99.0 years) and 6368 controls (mean age 57.2 years) by targeting known immune‐associated loci covered by the Immunochip. The analysis of 142 136 autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) revealed an Immunochip‐wide significant signal (PImmunochip = 7.01 × 10–9) for the SNP rs2075650 in the TOMM40/APOE region, which has been previously described in the context of human longevity. To identify novel susceptibility loci, we selected 15 markers with PImmunochip 
ISSN:1474-9718
1474-9726
1474-9728
DOI:10.1111/acel.12471