FOXO3 gene variants and human aging: Coding variants may not be key players

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1132-1139

  Donlon, Timothy A ^a   Curb, J David ^a,b   He, Qimei ^a   Grove, John S ^a,b,c   Masaki, Kamal H ^a,b   Rodriguez, Beatriz ^a,b   Elliott, Ayako ^a   Willcox, D Craig ^d   Willcox, Bradley J ^a,b  

^a KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; FOXO3; Genetic; Human longevity

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXO3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME MAP; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN READING FRAME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLELES; ASIAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867538540     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls067     Document Type: Article

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