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Common variants in SOX-2 and congenital cataract genes contribute to age-related nuclear cataract.
Communications biology - 11 Dec 2020
Yonova-Doing Ekaterina, Zhao Wanting, Igo Robert P, Wang Chaolong, Sundaresan Periasamy, Lee Kristine E, Jun Gyungah R, Alves Alexessander Couto, Chai Xiaoran, Chan Anita S Y, Lee Mei Chin, Fong Allan, Tan Ava G, Khor Chiea Chuen, Chew Emily Y, Hysi Pirro G, Fan Qiao, Chua Jacqueline, Chung Jaeyoon, Liao Jiemin, Colijn Johanna M, Burdon Kathryn P, Fritsche Lars G, Swift Maria K, Hilmy Maryam H, Chee Miao Ling, Tedja Milly, Bonnemaijer Pieter W M, Gupta Preeti, Tan Queenie S, Li Zheng, Vithana Eranga N, Ravindran Ravilla D, Chee Soon-Phaik, Shi Yuan, Liu Wenting, Su Xinyi, Sim Xueling, Shen Yang, Wang Ya Xing, Li Hengtong, Tham Yih-Chung, Teo Yik Ying, Aung Tin, Small Kerrin S, Mitchell Paul, Jonas Jost B, Wong Tien Yin, Fletcher Astrid E, Klaver Caroline C W, Klein Barbara E K, Wang Jie Jin, Iyengar Sudha K, Hammond Christopher J, Cheng Ching-Yu
Abstract excerpt
Nuclear cataract is the most common type of age-related cataract and a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Age-related nuclear cataract is heritable (h2 = 0.48), but little is known about specific genetic factors underlying this condition. Here we report findings from the largest to date multi-ethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (discovery cohort N = 14,151 and replication N = 5299) of the...
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