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Table 2 Disease-related reduced-lifespan genes

From: A gain-of-function screen to identify genes that reduce lifespan in the adult of Drosophila melanogaster

Reduced-lifespan gene

Human ortholog

Homology (%)a

Related diseases

Reference

dream

CASP9

28

Alzheimer’s disease, Cancer

ROHN and HEAD [23], DEVARAJAN et al. [24]

Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4

HNF4alpha

67

Diabetes

OMIM *600281

Calpain-A

CAPN3

39

Muscular dystrophy

OMIM *114240

embryonic lethal abnormal vision

ELAVL4

53

Cancer, Anti-Hu syndrome

SZABO et al. [25]

degringolade

RNF4

42

Cancer

HIRVONEN-SANTTI et al. [26], PERO et al. [27]

atlastin

ATL1

56

Spastic paraplegia

OMIM *606439

slipper

MLK2

50

Huntington’s disease

PHELAN et al. [28]

polo

PLK1

52

Cancer

STREBHARDT [29]

High mobility group protein D

SSRP1

52

Cancer

HUDSON et al. [30]

Fmr1

FXR1

49

Fragile X mental retardation

VERKERK et al. [31]

Peroxin 16

PEX16

36

Zellweger syndrome

OMIM *603360

Vacuolar H + ATPase subunit 100-2

ATP6V0A4

51

Distal renal tubular acidosis

OMIM *605239

roadkill

SPOP

79

Cancer

LIU et al. [32]

CG8290

ATRX

36

ATRX (Xlinked αthalassemia with mental retardation)

OMIM *300032

Lamin

LMNA

38

More than a dozen different inherited diseases, including progeria syndrome

OMIM *150330

Elongation factor Tu mitochondrial

TUFM

66

Combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency

OMIM *602389

CG11819

UNC13D

23

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis-3

OMIM *608897

CG8032

SMOX

33

Cancer

BABBAR and CASERO [33], GOODWIN et al. [34], XU et al. [35]

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-associated protein

GRINA

46

Epilepsy

BONAGLIA et al. [36]

Src oncogene at 42A

FRK

61

Cancer

HOSOYA et al. [37]

  1. aamino acid identity (%) between reduced-lifespan genes and their human orthologs.