Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81670834,No.81970781,No.81800807,No.81800869);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LY17H090004).
AIM:To explore the susceptible association between the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor(IGF1 R)single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)and age-related cataract(ARC),and investigate the underlying mechanisms in human l...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)Grant(No.2007CB512201);the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau Grant(No.2009208).
●AIM:To investigate the association between a set of six candidate genes and the risk of diabetic retinopathy(DR)in an urban community cohort of Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2 DM).●METHODS:A popul...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81371000; No.81670834; No.81800807; No.81800869);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LY17H090004);the Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Project(No.2013ZA080);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2018FZA7007)
AIM: To determine the association of gap junction protein alpha 3(GJA3) gene tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) with susceptibility to age-related cataract(ARC).METHODS: In total, 486 ARC patients were matched ...
AIM: To study polymorphisms in promotor regions of tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-α TNF-863 A/C(rs1800630), TNF-308 A/G(rs1800629), and TNF-238 A/G(rs361525) in patients with age-related macular degeneration(AMD) and ass...
AIM: To investigate common polymorphisms in VEGF, ACE, TNF and GST genes with retinopathy of prematurity(ROP) risk among Chinese infants. METHODS: Nine polymorphisms in the above genes were genotyped on 724 advanc...
Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(No.2015A030310158;No.2014A030313359);the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province,China(No.2015B020226003);the Scientific and Cultivation Foundation of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University(No.2015201)
AIM:To investigate the correlation between lumican(LUM)gene and high myopia in a Southern Chinese population.METHODS:The study comprised of 95 high myopia patients with a spherical equivalent≤-6.5 diopters(D).T...
Supported by a grant from the Asociation to Prevent Blindness in Mexico(No.RE-14-02)
AIM: To assess if the included vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) polymorphisms rs3025035, rs3025021 and rs2010963 are associated to proliferative retinopathy in a Mexican population with type 2 diabetes mel...
Supported by a Grant from Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castillay Leon GRS 957/A/14
AIM:To determine whether gene polymorphisms of the major genetic risk loci for age-related macular degeneration(AMD):ARMS2(rs10490923),the complement factor H(CFH)(rs1410996) and HTRA1(rs11200638) influenc...
Supported in part by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81371048);the Youth Innovation Medical Science Project of Sichuan Medical Association(Q14048);the West Light Foundation of The Chinese Academy of Sciences(2015)
AIM: To comprehensively evaluate the potential association of COL1A1 polymorphisms with high myopia by a systematic review and Meta-analysis. METHODS: All association studies on COL1A1 and high myopia reported up to J...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81341105);Sichuan Provincial Health Department (No.120442)
AIM: To explore whether genetic variations in the MFN1 gene are associated with low to moderate myopia in Chinese population. METHODS: The case-control association analysis was used. The study included 100 independent...