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LOXL1 folding in exfoliation glaucoma.
Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology - 1 Jan 2019
Bernstein Audrey M, Ritch Robert, Wolosin J Mario
Abstract excerpt
Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is an age-related disease defined by the deposition of aggregated fibrous material (XFM) in the peri-cellular space. Principal morbidity occurs in the eye, where XFM accumulates on the anterior ocular tissues. GWAS have found that certain genetic variants of lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1), a matrix cross-linking enzyme that is required for elastic fiber formation confer risk for the...
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