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Assessment of Proteins Associated With Complement Activation and Inflammation in Maculae of Human Donors Homozygous Risk at Chromosome 1 CFH-to-F13B.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Jul 2015
Keenan Tiarnan D L, Toso Marc, Pappas Chris, Nichols Lisa, Bishop Paul N, Hageman Gregory S
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PURPOSE: To determine the effects of chromosome 1 genotype and cigarette smoking on levels of complement activation and inflammation in the human macula. METHODS: Donor macular tissue was stratified into three groups by diplotype at the AMD-associated CFH-to-F13B locus: homozygous "risk" (n = 9,...
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