Investigation of complement component C4 copy number variation in human longevity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Flachsbart, Friederike ^a   Caliebe, Amke ^a   Heinsen, Femke Anouska ^a   Hemming Karlsen, Tom ^b,c   Schreiber, Stefan ^a,d   Franke, Andre ^a   Nebel, Almut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; C4 GENE; C4A GENE; C4B GENE; C4L GENE; C4S GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; COMPLEMENT C4; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899851556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086188     Document Type: Article

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