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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
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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 g...
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