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Toll-like receptor polymorphisms and age-related macular degeneration: replication in three case-control samples.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Dec 2009
Cho Youngeun, Wang Jie Jin, Chew Emily Y, Ferris Frederick L, Mitchell Paul, Chan Chi-Chao, Tuo Jingsheng
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Innate immunity appears to play a key role in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Although two previous studies reported that gene variations in Toll-like receptor (TLR)-3 and -4 are associated with AMD, other studies have not confirmed these associations. In this study, three independent samples (two U.S. clinic-based case-control study samples and one Australian population-based study sample) were...
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