LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Non-significant
Population
Japanese
Study Design
C-514T SNP was examined in 256 centenarians and 190 healthy younger controls (22-65 years old)
Conclusions
The allelic frequencies were not different between the two groups
Identifier
C-514T
Cytogenetic Location
15q21.3
UCSC Genome Browser
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
LIPC
Aliases
HL; HTGL; LIPH; HDLCQ12 
Common name
lipase C, hepatic type 
Description
LIPC encodes hepatic triglyceride lipase, which is expressed in liver. LIPC has the dual functions of triglyceride hydrolase and ligand/bridging factor for receptor-mediated lipoprotein uptake. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
OMIM
151670
Ensembl
ENSG00000166035
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
A6H8L5_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
3990
UniGene
654472
HapMap
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Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio
lipca
Mus musculus
Lipc
Rattus norvegicus
Lipc

References

Arai et al. (2003)

Other variants which are also part of this study