Search Results - "Spencer, Kylee"
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Generalization and dilution of association results from European GWAS in populations of non-European ancestry: the PAGE study
Published in PLoS biology (01-09-2013)“…The vast majority of genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings reported to date are from populations with European Ancestry (EA), and it is not yet clear…”
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Complement Factor H Variant Increases the Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (15-04-2005)“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in the elderly whose etiology remains largely unknown. Previous…”
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Genetic variation and reproductive timing: African American women from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study
Published in PloS one (12-02-2013)“…Age at menarche (AM) and age at natural menopause (ANM) define the boundaries of the reproductive lifespan in women. Their timing is associated with various…”
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Using genetic variation and environmental risk factor data to identify individuals at high risk for age-related macular degeneration
Published in PloS one (24-03-2011)“…A major goal of personalized medicine is to pre-symptomatically identify individuals at high risk for disease using knowledge of each individual's particular…”
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Association of Functional Polymorphism rs2231142 (Q141K) in the ABCG2 Gene With Serum Uric Acid and Gout in 4 US Populations
Published in American journal of epidemiology (01-05-2013)“…A loss-of-function mutation (Q141K, rs2231142) in the ATP-binding cassette, subfamily G, member 2 gene (ABCG2) has been shown to be associated with serum uric…”
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Genetic determinants of age-related macular degeneration in diverse populations from the PAGE study
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-10-2014)“…Substantial progress has been made in identifying susceptibility variants for AMD in European populations; however, few studies have been conducted to…”
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Association of Functional Polymorphism rs2231142 (Q141K) in the ABCG2 Gene With Serum Uric Acid and Gout in 4 US Populations The PAGE Study
Published in American journal of epidemiology (01-05-2013)“…A loss-of-function mutation (Q141K, rs2231142) in the ATP-binding cassette, subfamily G, member 2 gene (ABCG2) has been shown to be associated with serum uric…”
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Cigarette Smoking Strongly Modifies the Association of LOC387715 and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-05-2006)“…We used iterative association mapping to identify a susceptibility gene for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on chromosome 10q26, which is one of the…”
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Protective effect of complement factor B and complement component 2 variants in age-related macular degeneration
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-08-2007)“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a devastating disorder of the central retina, causing significant visual impairment for 7.5 million elderly…”
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Deletion of CFHR3 and CFHR1 genes in age-related macular degeneration
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-04-2008)“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) impairs vision for ∼7.5 million Americans. Both susceptibility variants and protective haplotypes in the complement…”
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Localization of Age-Related Macular Degeneration-Associated ARMS2 in Cytosol, Not Mitochondria
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-07-2009)“…To analyze the relationship between ARMS2 and HTRA1 in the association with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in an independent case-control dataset and…”
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C3 R102G polymorphism increases risk of age-related macular degeneration
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-06-2008)“…Inflammation has long been suspected to play a role in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Association of variants in the complement…”
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Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism A4917G is independently associated with age-related macular degeneration
Published in PloS one (07-05-2008)“…The objective of this study was to determine if MTND2*LHON4917G (4917G), a specific non-synonymous polymorphism in the mitochondrial genome previously…”
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Analysis of the indel at the ARMS2 3′UTR in age-related macular degeneration
Published in Human genetics (01-05-2010)“…Controversy remains as to which gene at the chromosome 10q26 locus confers risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and statistical genetic analysis is…”
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Consistent Directions of Effect for Established Type 2 Diabetes Risk Variants Across Populations: The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Consortium
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-06-2012)“…Common genetic risk variants for type 2 diabetes (T2D) have primarily been identified in populations of European and Asian ancestry. We tested whether the…”
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Analysis of the indel at the ARMS2 3'UTR in age-related macular degeneration
Published in Human genetics (01-05-2010)“…Controversy remains as to which gene at the chromosome 10q26 locus confers risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and statistical genetic analysis is…”
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The ARMS2 A69S variant and bilateral advanced age-related macular degeneration
Published in Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) (01-09-2012)“…To identify genetic associations between specific risk genes and bilateral advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a retrospective, observational…”
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Independent Effects of Complement Factor H Y402H Polymorphism and Cigarette Smoking on Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published in Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) (01-06-2007)“…Objective To examine the potential gene–environment interaction between cigarette smoking and the complement factor H (CFH) T1277C polymorphism, 2 strong risk…”
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Genetic variants associated with fasting glucose and insulin concentrations in an ethnically diverse population: results from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study
Published in BMC genetics (25-09-2013)“…Multiple genome-wide association studies (GWAS) within European populations have implicated common genetic variants associated with insulin and glucose…”
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Bringing the genetics of macular degeneration into focus
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