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Mitochondrial DNA variants can mediate methylation status of inflammation, angiogenesis and signaling genes.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Aug 2015
Atilano Shari R, Malik Deepika, Chwa Marilyn, Cáceres-Del-Carpio Javier, Nesburn Anthony B, Boyer David S, Kuppermann Baruch D, Jazwinski S Michal, Miceli Michael V, Wallace Douglas C, Udar Nitin, Kenney M Cristina
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial (mt) DNA can be classified into haplogroups representing different geographic and/or racial origins of populations. The H haplogroup is protective against age-related macular degeneration (AMD), while the J haplogroup is high risk for AMD. In the present study, we performed comparison analyses of human retinal cell cybrids, which possess identical nuclei, but mtDNA from subjects with either the H or...
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