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Polymorphisms of the WRN gene and DNA damage of peripheral lymphocytes in age-related cataract in a Han Chinese population.
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 1 Dec 2013
Jiang Shengqun, Hu Nan, Zhou Jing, Zhang Junfang, Gao Ruifang, Hu Jianyan, Guan Huaijin
Abstract excerpt
Werner syndrome is caused by mutations in the DNA repair Werner helicase (WRN) gene and characterized by accelerated aging including cataracts. Age-related cataract (ARC) cases (N = 504) and controls (N = 244) were recruited from a population-based study to evaluate the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of WRN and another DNA repair gene (human 8-oxoguanine DNA N-glycosylase 1) with ARC. Among...
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