Genome wide association and linkage analyses identified three loci-4q25, 17q23.2, and 10q11.21-associated with variation in leukocyte telomere length: the Long Life Family Study.

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Published in Front Genet on January 17, 2014

Authors

Joseph H Lee1, Rong Cheng2, Lawrence S Honig3, Mary Feitosa4, Candace M Kammerer5, Min S Kang6, Nicole Schupf7, Shiow J Lin4, Jason L Sanders8, Harold Bae9, Todd Druley10, Thomas Perls11, Kaare Christensen12, Michael Province4, Richard Mayeux13

Author Affiliations

1: Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Taub Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University New York, NY, USA.
2: Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Taub Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA.
3: Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Taub Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA.
4: Division of Statistical Genomics, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO, USA.
5: Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA ; Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA ; Center for Aging and Population Health, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
6: Taub Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA.
7: Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Taub Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA.
8: Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA ; Center for Aging and Population Health, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
9: Department of Biostatistics, Boston University Medical Center Boston, MA, USA.
10: Department of Pediatrics and Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO, USA.
11: Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center Boston, MA, USA.
12: The Danish Aging Research Center, Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark.
13: Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Taub Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY, USA.

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