Search Results - "Zareparsi, Sepideh"
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Targeting of GFP to Newborn Rods by Nrl Promoter and Temporal Expression Profiling of Flow-Sorted Photoreceptors
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-03-2006)“…The Maf-family transcription factor Nrl is a key regulator of photoreceptor differentiation in mammals. Ablation of the Nrl gene in mice leads to functional…”
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Mutation in a short-chain collagen gene, CTRP5, results in extracellular deposit formation in late-onset retinal degeneration: a genetic model for age-related macular degeneration
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-10-2003)“…A primary feature of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the presence of extracellular deposits between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and…”
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Distinct signature of altered homeostasis in aging rod photoreceptors: implications for retinal diseases
Published in PloS one (08-11-2010)“…Advanced age contributes to clinical manifestations of many retinopathies and represents a major risk factor for age-related macular degeneration, a leading…”
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A High-Resolution Genome Scan for Susceptibility Loci in a Population Enriched for Late-Stage Disease
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-03-2004)“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex multifactorial disease that affects the central region of the retina. AMD is clinically heterogeneous,…”
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CFH haplotypes without the Y402H coding variant show strong association with susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration
Published in Nature genetics (01-09-2006)“…In developed countries, age-related macular degeneration is a common cause of blindness in the elderly. A common polymorphism, encoding the sequence variation…”
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Identification of genetic modifiers of age-at-onset for familial Parkinson's disease
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-09-2016)“…Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common cause of neurodegenerative movement disorder and the second most common cause of dementia. Genes are thought to…”
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Strong Association of the Y402H Variant in Complement Factor H at 1q32 with Susceptibility to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-07-2005)“…Using a large sample of cases and controls from a single center, we show that a T→C substitution in exon 9 (Y402H) of the complement factor H gene is strongly…”
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Extraocular Muscle Morphogenesis and Gene Expression Are Regulated by Pitx2 Gene Dose
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-05-2006)“…PITX2 gene dose plays a central role in Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the effects of Pitx2 gene dose on…”
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Toll-like receptor 4 variant D299G is associated with susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-06-2005)“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a genetically heterogeneous disease that leads to progressive and irreversible vision loss among the elderly…”
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Association of Apolipoprotein E Alleles with Susceptibility to Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Large Cohort from a Single Center
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-05-2004)“…To examine the effect of apolipoprotein E (APOE) alleles on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) risk and on age at diagnosis of AMD in a large patient…”
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Primary open angle glaucoma in a Caucasian population is associated with the p53 codon 72 polymorphism
Published in Molecular vision (22-09-2009)“…Apoptosis has been implicated as the mechanism for retinal ganglion cell death in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), a complex neurodegenerative disease…”
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Gender difference in apolipoprotein E-associated risk for familial Alzheimer disease : A possible clue to the higher incidence of Alzheimer disease in women
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-04-1996)“…Late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) is associated with the apolipoprotein E (APOE)-epsilon4 allele. In late-onset familial AD, women have a significantly higher…”
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Evaluation and optimization of procedures for target labeling and hybridization of cDNA microarrays
Published in Molecular vision (26-04-2002)“…To evaluate and optimize methods of target labeling and microarray hybridization using eye gene microarrays. Standardized protocols that consistently produce…”
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Gene Expression Profile of Native Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-03-2002)“…To generate a profile of genes expressed in the native human retinal pigment epithelium and identify candidate genes for retinal and macular diseases. Two cDNA…”
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Genetic epidemiology of Parkinson's disease
Published in Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology (01-07-1998)“…The cause of Parkinson's disease (PD) is unknown. The major risk factors identified to date are family history, age, and elements of rural living. Nearly…”
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Seeing the unseen: Microarray-based gene expression profiling in vision
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Predictors of healthy brain aging
Published in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (01-07-2001)“…To determine if superior health at old age protects against cognitive impairment (CI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), we prospectively studied 100 optimally…”
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Modulation of the age at onset of Parkinson's disease by apolipoprotein E genotypes
Published in Annals of neurology (01-10-1997)“…Parkinson's disease (PD) patients often develop dementia, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients frequently develop parkinsonian signs. The apolipoprotein E…”
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Analysis of the α-synuclein G209A mutation in familial Parkinson's disease
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (03-01-1998)“…Zareparsi et al screened 65 affected members from 40 white Parkinson's disease (PD) kindreds for the G209A mutation. There were no signs of the mutation in any…”
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Familial aggregation of Parkinson disease: a comparative study of early-onset and late-onset disease
Published in Archives of neurology (Chicago) (01-05-2002)“…It is unclear whether late-onset Parkinson disease (PD), which is the most typical and most common form of the disease, has a familial component. Evidence for…”
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