The a allele of the -576g>a polymorphism of the transferrin gene is associated with the increased risk of age-related macular degeneration in smokers

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-261

  Wysokinski, Daniel ^a   Szaflik, Jerzy ^b   Sklodowska, Anna ^b   Kolodziejska, Urszula ^b   Dorecka, Mariola ^c   Romaniuk, Dorota ^c   Wozniak, Katarzyna ^a   Blasiak, Janusz ^a   Szaflik, Jacek Pawel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Genetic polymorphism; Iron metabolism; Transferrin gene; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; IRON; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; EXUDATIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; IRON BALANCE; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSFERRIN GENE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2 GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; SMOKING; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 79953721704     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.223.253     Document Type: Article

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