Article
[Cytokine gene polymorphisms in patients with age-related macular degeneration].
Vestnik oftalmologii - 1 Jan 2000
Shevchenko A V, Prokof'ev V F, Konenkov V I, Chernykh V V, Eremina A V, Dudnikova L V, Kashkina N Yu, Trunov A N
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To establish possible association between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cytokine genotype polymorphisms; for that promoter regions of a number of cytokine genes were studied, namely, TNF-A863C, TNF-A308G, TNF-A238G, IL1β-C-31T, IL4-C590T, IL6-C174G, and IL10A-1082G. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 102 AMD and 100 non-AMD participants in the same age range were examined at the Novosibirsk branch...
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