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Localization of complement 1 inhibitor (C1INH/SERPING1) in human eyes with age-related macular degeneration.
Experimental eye research - 1 Nov 2009
Mullins Robert F, Faidley Elizabeth A, Daggett Heather T, Jomary Catherine, Lotery Andrew J, Stone Edwin M
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common degenerative disease resulting in injury to the retina, retinal pigment epithelium and choriocapillaris. Recent data from histopathology, animal models and genetic studies have implicated altered regulation of the complement system as a major factor in the incidence and progression of this disease. A variant in the gene SERPING1, which encodes C1INH, an inhibitor...
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