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Name ACE
Type somatic mutation
Species Homo sapiens
Tissue blood samples
Experiment Method qPCR
Up/Down NA
Pro/Anti Pro
Funtion Description A variant of ACE which predisposes to coronary heart disease is surprisingly more frequent in centenarians, with a significant increase of the homozygous genotype (p < 0.01).
Regulation Gene ACE
Year 1994
Pubmed ID 8136829
Title Genetic associations with human longevity at the APOE and ACE loci
Drug NA
Disease coronary heart disease
Environment Factors NA
Circulating 1
Variant somatic mutation
High-throughput NA