Toll-like receptor 3 C1234T may protect against geographic atrophy through decreased dsRNA binding capacity

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3489-3495

  Zhou, Peng ^a,b,c   Fan, Lei ^d   Yu, Ke Da ^d   Zhao, Ming Wei ^a,b   Li, Xiao Xin ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c EYE AND ENT HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Double stranded RNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3;

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RNA BINDING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3;

EID: 80053919303     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-189258     Document Type: Article

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