Comprehensive microRNA profiling in B-cells of human centenarians by massively parallel sequencing

S Gombar; HJ Jung; F Dong; B Calder; G Atzmon; N Barzilai; XL Tian; Joris Pothof; Jan Hoeijmakers; J Campisi; J Vijg; Y Suh

doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-353

Comprehensive microRNA profiling in B-cells of human centenarians by massively parallel sequencing

S Gombar, HJ Jung, F Dong, B Calder, G Atzmon, N Barzilai, XL Tian, Joris Pothof, Jan Hoeijmakers, J Campisi, J Vijg, Y Suh

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Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression and play a critical role in development, homeostasis, and disease. Despite their demonstrated roles in age-associated pathologies, little is known about the role of miRNAs in human aging and longevity. Results: We employed massively parallel sequencing technology to identify miRNAs expressed in B-cells from Ashkenazi Jewish centenarians, i.e., those living to a hundred and a human model of exceptional longevity, and younger controls without a family history of longevity. With data from 26.7 million reads comprising 9.4 x 10(8) bp from 3 centenarian and 3 control individuals, we discovered a total of 276 known miRNAs and 8 unknown miRNAs ranging several orders of magnitude in expression levels, Conclusion: Our comprehensive miRNA data provide a resource for further studies to identify genetic pathways associated with aging and longevity in humans.

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Journal	BMC Genomics
Volume	13
Issue number	353
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-353
Publication status	Published - 2012

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