SLC39A11 and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome: We first performed data mining for SLC39A11 expression in human tissues by searching the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Profiles database using the search term “SLC39A11 AND human[Organism] AND (aging OR age OR old OR senescence)”, which revealed one study involving human tissues obtained from patients with Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), a rare fatal disease characterized by rapid, premature aging [29].