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Validation of genome-wide association study (GWAS)-identified disease risk alleles with patient-specific stem cell lines.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jul 2014
Yang Jin, Li Yao, Chan Lawrence, Tsai Yi-Ting, Wu Wen-Hsuan, Nguyen Huy V, Hsu Chun-Wei, Li Xiaorong, Brown Lewis M, Egli Dieter, Sparrow Janet R, Tsang Stephen H
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While the past decade has seen great progress in mapping loci for common diseases, studying how these risk alleles lead to pathology remains a challenge. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects 9 million older Americans, and is characterized by the loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Although the closely linked genome-wide association studies ARMS2/HTRA1 genes, located at the chromosome 10q26...
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