LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Non-significant
Population
Ashkenazi Jewish
Study Design
Genetic variation in IGF1 and IGF1R were examined in a cohort of Ashkenazi Jewish centenarians (286 females and 98 males, average age 97.7 years), their offspring (114 females and 174 males, mean age 67.8 years), and offspring-matched controls (n = 312, mean age 79.5 years)
Conclusions
No single variation was found in IGF1 gene
Identifier
IGF1
In Other Studies (IDs)
179 241
Cytogenetic Location
12q23.2
UCSC Genome Browser
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
IGF1
Aliases
MGF; IGFI; IGF-I 
Common name
insulin like growth factor 1 
Description
The protein encoded by this gene is similar to insulin in function and structure and is a member of a family of proteins involved in mediating growth and development. The encoded protein is processed from a precursor, bound by a specific receptor, and secreted. Defects in this gene are a cause of insulin-like growth factor I deficiency. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms that may undergo similar processing to generate mature protein. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]
Other longevity studies of this gene
9
OMIM
147440
Ensembl
ENSG00000017427
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
IGF1_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
3479
UniGene
160562
HapMap
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Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio
igf1
Mus musculus
Igf1
Rattus norvegicus
Igf1

In other databases

GenAge model organism genes
  • A homolog of this gene for Mus musculus is present as Igf1
GenAge human genes
  • This gene is present as IGF1

References

Suh et al. (2008)

Other variants which are also part of this study