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ArticleIn vivo (Athens, Greece)

Marilita M Moschos, Andriana Diamantopoulou, Nikos Gouliopoulos, Konstantinos Droutsas, Eleni Bagli, Klio Chatzistefanou, George Kitsos, Christos Kroupis

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Article in In vivo (Athens, Greece). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular Studies ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. Molecular Mechanisms of Fuchs and Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Corneal Dystrophies.Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marilita M MoschosFirst Department of Ophthalmology, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece moschosmarilita@yahoo.fr.
Andriana DiamantopoulouDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Attikon General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Nikos GouliopoulosFirst Department of Ophthalmology, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos DroutsasFirst Department of Ophthalmology, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Eleni BagliDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ioannina University General Hospital, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Klio ChatzistefanouFirst Department of Ophthalmology, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
George Kitsos *Department of Ophthalmology, Ioannina University General Hospital, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Christos Kroupis *Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Attikon General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Ioannina · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimFuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a hereditary, progressive, bilateral, and irreversible disorder of the corneal endothelium. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel, accurate and high-throughput real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and melting-curve analysis in order to genotype the rs613872 polymorphism in the transcription factor 4 (TCF4) gene and to implement it on a well-ascertained sample of 22 Greek FECD patients and 58 healthy individuals, age- and sex-matched. PATIENTS AND

methodsDNA was extracted from blood samples, which were screened with the DNA sequencing method in order to detect the g.31753T>G/p.L450W (rs8035192) and g.31767C>A/p.Q455K (rs8035191) mutations in a COL8A2 genomic region.

resultsTCF4 risk G allele frequency increased to 48% in FECD patients compared to 17% in healthy-subjects [OR=4.82 (95% CI=1.98-11.73)]. No p.L450W and p.Q455K COL8A2 gene mutations were detected.

conclusionWe confirmed that rs613872 in the TCF4 gene is strongly and statistically associated with late-onset FECD in a Greek population.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePolymorphism, GeneticAgedAged, 80 and overAllelesCollagen Type VIIIFemaleFuchs' Endothelial DystrophyGene FrequencyGenetic Association StudiesGenotypeGreeceHumansMaleOdds RatioPopulation SurveillanceCOL8A2 protein, humanCollagen Type VIIITCF4 protein, humanTranscription Factor 4COL8A2Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophypolymorphismTCF4

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PMID31028223
PMCPMC6559910
OpenAlexW2941112650

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