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ReviewJournal of glaucoma2018

LOXL1 Polymorphisms: Genetic Biomarkers that Presage Environmental Determinants of Exfoliation Syndrome.

Louis R Pasquale, Jae Hee Kang, BaoJian Fan, Hani Levkovitch-Verbin, Janey L Wiggs

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Review in Journal of glaucoma, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Louis R PasqualeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School.
Jae Hee KangChanning Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
BaoJian FanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School.
Hani Levkovitch-VerbinGoldschleger Eye Institute, Tel Hashomer, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Janey L WiggsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School.
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · USSheba Medical Center · IL

Funding

Gene-Environment Interactions in GlaucomaR01EY015473 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI PASQUALE, LOUIS ROBERT · 2005 to 2021
$8.3M
Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Exfoliation Syndrome and GlaucomaR01EY020928 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI KANG, JAE H, WIGGS, JANEY L · 2011 to 2025
$7.3M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015473NEI NIH HHS R01 EY020928
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An agnostic high throughput search of the genome revealed a robust association between LOXL1 genetic polymorphisms and exfoliation syndrome (XFS), a discovery that likely would not have been possible with candidate or family-based gene search strategies. While questions remain regarding how LOXL1 gene variants contribute to XFS pathogenesis, it is clear that the frequencies of disease-related alleles do not track with the varying disease burden throughout the world, prompting a search for environmental risk factors. A geo-medicine approach revealed that disease load seemed to increase as a function of the distance from the equator. The exact reason for this extraequatorial disease distribution pattern remains unclear, but a greater amount of time spent outdoors is a robust risk factor for XFS, suggesting climatic factors such as ocular solar exposure and colder ambient temperature may be involved in disease pathogenesis. Prospective studies have also implicated higher coffee consumption and lower dietary folate intake in association with incident XFS. The discovery of environmental risk factors for XFS suggests that preventive measures may help to reduce ocular morbidity from XFS.

Indexed as

Gene-Environment InteractionGenetic MarkersPolymorphism, Single NucleotideAmino Acid OxidoreductasesCoffeeExfoliation SyndromeFolic AcidGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansIntraocular PressureRisk FactorsAmino Acid OxidoreductasesCoffeeFolic AcidGenetic MarkersLOXL1 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID29965898
PMCPMC6032530
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