Epigenetics in ocular diseases

Current Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-172

  Liu, Melissa M ^a,b   Chan, Chi Chao ^a   Tuo, Jingsheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular generation; Cataract; Diabetic retinopathy; Dna methylation; Epigenetics; Microrna

Indexed keywords

CD24 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; DICER; GELATINASE A; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; HERMES ANTIGEN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 182; MICRORNA 200B; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 214; MICRORNA 31; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2; PROTEIN MSH6; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CATARACT; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFLAMMATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PTERYGIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 84878641768     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202911314030002     Document Type: Review

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