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FPR1 interacts with CFH, HTRA1 and smoking in exudative age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Dec 2014
Liang X Y, Chen L J, Ng T K, Tuo J, Gao J-L, Tam P O S, Lai T Y Y, Chan C-C, Pang C P
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PURPOSE: To determine the genetic association of an inflammation-related gene, formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1), in exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). METHODS: The coding region of FPR1 gene was sequenced in 554 unrelated Chinese individuals: 155 exudative AMD patients, 179 PCV patients, and 220 controls. Interactions and combined effects of FPR1 with...
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