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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in MCP-1 and its receptor are associated with the risk of age related macular degeneration.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Anand Akshay, Sharma Neel Kamal, Gupta Amod, Prabhakar Sudesh, Sharma Suresh Kumar, Singh Ramandeep, Gupta Pawan Kumar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly population. We have shown previously that mice deficient in monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP1/CCL2) or its receptor (CCR2) develop the features of AMD in senescent mice, however, the human genetic evidence so far is contradictory. We hypothesized that any dysfunction in the CCL2 and its receptor result could...
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