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Differential DNA methylation identified in the blood and retina of AMD patients.
Epigenetics - 1 Jan 2015
Oliver Verity F, Jaffe Andrew E, Song Jin, Wang Guohua, Zhang Pingwu, Branham Kari E, Swaroop Anand, Eberhart Charles G, Zack Donald J, Qian Jiang, Merbs Shannath L
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of blindness in the western world. While genetic studies have linked both common and rare variants in genes involved in regulation of the complement system to increased risk of development of AMD, environmental factors, such as smoking and nutrition, can also significantly affect the risk of developing the disease and the rate of disease progression. Since...
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