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ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2014

Association of apolipoprotein E-219T>G promoter polymorphism with primary open angle glaucoma in Turkish population.

Emel Saglar, Banu Bozkurt, Murat Irkec

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Article in International journal of ophthalmology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emel SaglarDepartment of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
Banu BozkurtDepartment of Ophthalmology, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Konya 42131, Turkey.
Murat IrkecDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Turkey.
Hacettepe University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo investigate the association between apolipoprotein E (APOE) -219 T>G promoter polymorphism and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).

methodsPatients and healthy subjects were genotyped with polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Genotype/allele frequencies were compared between 122 healthy subjects and in 75 POAG patients using Chi-square test.

resultsAlthough the frequency of APOE -219 GG genotype was higher in POAG group (13.3%) than in control group (6.6%), this finding was not statistically significant (P=0.09). In glaucoma patients carrying GG genotype, mean linear C/D ratio was higher and progression was more compared to glaucoma patients with GT genotype.

conclusionAPOE -219 T>G polymorphism does not seem to be a risk factor for the presence of glaucoma, but might play a role in deterioration of the disease, which needs further evaluation.

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apolipoprotein Eprimary open angle glaucomapromotersingle nucleotide polymorphism

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PMID24967185
PMCPMC4067653
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