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A Novel Complotype Combination Associates with Age-Related Macular Degeneration and High Complement Activation Levels in vivo.
Scientific reports - 31 May 2016
Paun Constantin C, Lechanteur Yara T E, Groenewoud Joannes M M, Altay Lebriz, Schick Tina, Daha Mohamed R, Fauser Sascha, Hoyng Carel B, den Hollander Anneke I, de Jong Eiko K
Abstract excerpt
The complement system is the first line of defense against foreign intruders, and deregulation of this system has been described in multiple diseases. In age-related macular degeneration (AMD), patients have higher complement activation levels compared to controls. Recently, a combination of three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes of the complement system, referred to as a complotype, has been...
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