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Role of matrix metalloproteinase-9 gene polymorphisms in glaucoma: A hospital-based study in Chinese patients.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Mar 2020
Zhao Fengqiong, Fan Zongshan, Huang Xuewen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is the irreversible vision loss and contributes second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is involved with remodeling and destruction of extracellular matrix. Elevated MMP-9 levels and various functional variants of MMP-9 have been associated with glaucoma in different population. In the current investigation, we tested association of MMP-9 common...
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