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Identification and functional validation of an enhancer variant in the 9p21.3 locus associated with glaucoma risk and elevated expression of p16INK4a.
Aging cell - 1 Sept 2023
Zhu Yizhou, Tazearslan Cagdas, Rosenfeld Michael G, Fiser Andras, Suh Yousin
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Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness, with advanced age being the single most significant risk factor. However, the mechanisms underlying the relationship between aging and glaucoma remain unclear. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified genetic variants strongly associated with increased glaucoma risk. Understanding how these variants function in pathogenesis is...
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