LongevityMap Gene

Gene details

HGNC symbol
KLRF1 
Aliases
NKp80; CLEC5C 
Common name
killer cell lectin like receptor F1 
Description
KLRF1, an activating homodimeric C-type lectin-like receptor (CTLR), is expressed on nearly all natural killer (NK) cells and stimulates their cytoxicity and cytokine release (Kuttruff et al., 2009 [PubMed 18922855]).[supplied by OMIM, Oct 2009]
Cytogenetic Location
12p13.31
UCSC Genome Browser
View 12p13.31 on the UCSC genome browser
OMIM
605029
Ensembl
ENSG00000150045
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
A0A0C4DFN7_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
51348
UniGene
183125
1000 Genomes
1000 Genomes

Homologs in model organisms

No homologs found

Studies (1)

Significant/Non-significant: 1/0

Longevity Association
Significant
Population
American (Caucasian)
Study Design
Genome-wide association study in 801 centenarians and 914 healthy controls
Conclusions
281 SNPs were found to discriminate between cases and controls
Indentifier
rs2232548
Reference