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Lactoferrin Glu561Asp facilitates secondary amyloidosis in the cornea.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Jun 2005
Araki-Sasaki K, Ando Y, Nakamura M, Kitagawa K, Ikemizu S, Kawaji T, Yamashita T, Ueda M, Hirano K, Yamada M, Matsumoto K, Kinoshita S, Tanihara H
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To elucidate the pathogenic mechanism of amyloid formation in corneal amyloidosis with trichiasis. METHODS: Ophthalmological examination was performed in nine patients to determine secondary corneal amyloidosis with trichiasis. Congo red staining and immunohistochemistry using anti-human lactoferrin antibody were used for biopsied corneal samples. For genetic analyses, single strand conformation polymorphism...
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