LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Significant
Population
Italian (Sicily)
Study Design
3 MEFV associated mutations, M694V (A2080G), M694I (G2082A) and V726A (T2177C), were examined in 121 patients affected by acute myocardial infarction (AMI), 68 centenarians, and 196 age-matched controls from Sicily.
Conclusions
The proinflammatory M694V (A2080G) mutation was over-represented significantly in coronary heart disease patients and under-represented in oldest old, and intermediate values were in healthy, young controls
Identifier
M694V
Cytogenetic Location
16p13.3
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
MEFV
Aliases
FMF; MEF; TRIM20 
Common name
MEFV, pyrin innate immunity regulator 
Description
This gene encodes a protein, also known as pyrin or marenostrin, that is an important modulator of innate immunity. Mutations in this gene are associated with Mediterranean fever, a hereditary periodic fever syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Other longevity studies of this gene
3
OMIM
608107
Ensembl
ENSG00000103313
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
D2DTW2_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
4210
UniGene
632221
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Homologs in model organisms

Mus musculus
Mefv
Rattus norvegicus
Mefv

References

Grimaldi et al. (2006)

Other variants which are also part of this study