LongevityMap Gene

Gene details

HGNC symbol
CDH23 
Aliases
USH1D; CDHR23 
Common name
cadherin related 23 
Description
This gene is a member of the cadherin superfamily, whose genes encode calcium dependent cell-cell adhesion glycoproteins. The encoded protein is thought to be involved in stereocilia organization and hair bundle formation. The gene is located in a region containing the human deafness loci DFNB12 and USH1D. Usher syndrome 1D and nonsyndromic autosomal recessive deafness DFNB12 are caused by allelic mutations of this cadherin-like gene. Upregulation of this gene may also be associated with breast cancer. Alternative splice variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, May 2013]
Cytogenetic Location
10q22.1
UCSC Genome Browser
View 10q22.1 on the UCSC genome browser
OMIM
605516
Ensembl
ENSG00000107736
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
A0A087WYR8_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
64072
UniGene
656032
1000 Genomes
1000 Genomes

Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio
cdh23
Mus musculus
Cdh23
Rattus norvegicus
Cdh23

Studies (1)

Significant/Non-significant: 0/1

Longevity Association
Non-significant
Population
Italian
Study Design
Genome-wide association study on 410 long-living individuals (age range, 90–109 years) and 553 young control individuals (age range, 18–48 years) using 318,237 SNPs. An independent population with 116 long-lived individuals and 160 controls was used for replication purposes.
Conclusions
A total of 67 SNPs were identified with an indication of potentially being associated with longevity (p < 1 × 10−4), though 66 were not further validated
Indentifier
rs7915479
Reference