FOXO3A genotype is strongly associated with human longevity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 13987-13992

  Willcox, Bradley J ^a,b,c,f   Donlon, Timothy A ^a,d   He, Qimei ^a   Chen, Randi ^a,b   Grove, John S ^a,c,d   Yano, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Masaki, Kamal H ^a,b,c   Willcox, D Craig ^a,e   Rodriguez, Beatriz ^a,b,c   Curb, J David ^a,b,c  

^a PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f PHRI   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Disease; Gene; Healthy aging; Insulin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1;

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOXO3A GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 52949122885     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801030105     Document Type: Article

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