Association study of mannose-binding lectin levels and genetic variants in lectin pathway proteins with susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration: A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Osthoff, Michael ^a,b,c   Dean, Melinda M ^d   Baird, Paul N ^b   Richardson, Andrea J ^b   Daniell, Mark ^b   Guymer, Robyn H ^b   Eisen, Damon P ^a,b  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FICOLIN; FICOLIN 2; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MBL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FCN2 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AGED; BLOOD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LECTINS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84941631936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134107     Document Type: Article

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