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Pilling LC, Kuo CL, Sicinski K, Tamosauskaite J, Kuchel GA, Harries LW, Herd P, Wallace R, Ferrucci L, Melzer D. Human longevity: 25 genetic loci associated in 389,166 UK biobank participants. Aging (Albany NY) 2017; 9:2504-2520. [PMID: 29227965 PMCID: PMC5764389 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
We undertook a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of parental longevity in European descent UK Biobank participants. For combined mothers' and fathers' attained age, 10 loci were associated (p<5*10-8), including 8 previously identified for traits including survival, Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease. Of these, 4 were also associated with longest 10% survival (mothers age ≥90 years, fathers ≥87 years), with 2 additional associations including MC2R intronic variants (coding for the adrenocorticotropic hormone receptor). Mother's age at death was associated with 3 additional loci (2 linked to autoimmune conditions), and 8 for fathers only. An attained age genetic risk score associated with parental survival in the US Health and Retirement Study and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study and with having a centenarian parent (n=1,181) in UK Biobank. The results suggest that human longevity is highly polygenic with prominent roles for loci likely involved in cellular senescence and inflammation, plus lipid metabolism and cardiovascular conditions. There may also be gender specific routes to longevity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luke C. Pilling
- Epidemiology and Public Health Group, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Level 3, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut Health Center, CT 06269 USA
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- Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Jone Tamosauskaite
- Epidemiology and Public Health Group, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Level 3, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
| | - Lorna W. Harries
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Level 3, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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- La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Robert Wallace
- College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Epidemiology and Public Health Group, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Level 3, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
- UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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