LongevityMap variant
- Longevity Association
- Non-significant
- Population
- Bulgarian
- Study Design
- 874T/A SNP was examined in 17 unrelated elderly (age 65-90 years; 6 males and 11 females), 23 family members (age 18-57 years; 9 males and 14 females, and a control group with 105 randomly selected, matched for geographical distribution healthy controls aged 25-53 years (40 male and 65 female)
- Conclusions
- No significant association with longevity was found
- HGNC symbol
- IFNG
- Aliases
- IFG; IFI
- Common name
- interferon gamma
- Description
- This gene encodes a soluble cytokine that is a member of the type II interferon class. The encoded protein is secreted by cells of both the innate and adaptive immune systems. The active protein is a homodimer that binds to the interferon gamma receptor which triggers a cellular response to viral and microbial infections. Mutations in this gene are associated with an increased susceptibility to viral, bacterial and parasitic infections and to several autoimmune diseases. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015]
- Other longevity studies of this gene
- 5
- OMIM
- 147570
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000111537
- UniProt/Swiss-Prot
- IFNG_HUMAN
- Entrez Gene
- 3458
- UniGene
- 856
- HapMap
- View on HapMap
Homologs in model organisms
- Mus musculus
- Ifng
- Rattus norvegicus
- Ifng
- CellAge
- This gene is present as IFNG
Naumova et al. (2004)
Other variants which are also part of this study
