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Investigation of Complement Component C4 Copy Number Variation in Human Longevity

Genetic factors have been estimated to account for about 25% of the variation in an adult's life span. The complement component C4 with the isotypes C4A and C4B is an effector protein of the immune system, and differences in the overall C4 copy number or gene size (long C4L; short C4S) may infl...

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Autores principales: Flachsbart, Friederike, Caliebe, Amke, Heinsen, Femke-Anouska, Hemming-Karlsen, Tom, Schreiber, Stefan, Franke, Andre, Nebel, Almut
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086188