Systems biology-based analysis implicates a novel role for vitamin D metabolism in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration

Human Genomics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 538-568

  Morrison, Margaux A ^a,b   Silveira, Alexandra C ^a   Huynh, Nancy ^a   Jun, Gyungah ^c   Smith, Silvia E ^b   Zacharaki, Fani ^d   Sato, Hajime ^a   Loomis, Stephanie ^a   Andreoli, Michael T ^a   Adams, Scott M ^a   Radeke, Monte J ^e   Jelcick, Austin S ^f   Yuan, Yang ^f   Tsiloulis, Aristoteles N ^d   Chatzoulis, Dimitrios Z ^d   Silvestri, Giuliana ^g   Kotoula, Maria G ^d   Tsironi, Evangelia E ^d   Hollis, Bruce W ^h   Chen, Rui ⁱ   Haider, Neena B ^f   Miller, Joan W ^a   Farrer, Lindsay A ^c   Hageman, Gregory S ^b   Kim, Ivana K ^a   Schaumberg, Debra A ^j   DeAngelis, Margaret M ^a,b   more..

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84860642194     PISSN: 14739542     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-5-6-538     Document Type: Article

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