LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Non-significant
Population
French
Study Design
Glutamine (CAG) to histidine (CAT) substitution at codon 360 was examined in 120 Alzheimer patients (88 females, 32 males) and 119 presumed-healthy elderly subjects (62 females, 57 males)
Conclusions
The frequency of apoAIV alleles was not significantly different between Alzheimer patients and the elderly control group. However, in both groups, apoAIV (360:His) allele frequency was higher than in the general population.
Identifier
APOA4
Cytogenetic Location
11q23.3
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
APOA4
Aliases
 
Common name
apolipoprotein A4 
Description
Apoliprotein (apo) A-IV gene contains 3 exons separated by two introns. A sequence polymorphism has been identified in the 3'UTR of the third exon. The primary translation product is a 396-residue preprotein which after proteolytic processing is secreted its primary site of synthesis, the intestine, in association with chylomicron particles. Although its precise function is not known, apo A-IV is a potent activator of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase in vitro. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Other longevity studies of this gene
2
OMIM
107690
Ensembl
ENSG00000110244
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
Entrez Gene
337
UniGene
1247
HapMap
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Homologs in model organisms

No homologs found

References

Merched et al. (1998)

Other variants which are also part of this study