The burden of rare protein-truncating genetic variants on human lifespan
2020
Genetic predisposition is believed to contribute substantially to the age at which we die. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have implicated more than 20 genetic loci to phenotypes related to human lifespan. However, little is known about how lifespan is impacted by gene loss-of-function. Through whole-exome sequencing of 238,239 UK Biobank participants, we assessed the relevance of protein-truncating variant (PTV) gene burden on individual and parental survival. We identified exome-wide (P
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