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- Title
Mutation of the Stargardt disease gene (ABCR) in age-related macular degeneration.
- Authors
Allikmets, R; Shroyer, N F; Singh, N; Seddon, J M; Lewis, R A; Bernstein, P S; Peiffer, A; Zabriskie, N A; Li, Y; Hutchinson, A; Dean, M; Lupski, J R; Leppert, M
- Abstract
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe central visual impairment among the elderly and is associated both with environmental factors such as smoking and with genetic factors. Here, 167 unrelated AMD patients were screened for alterations in ABCR, a gene that encodes a retinal rod photoreceptor protein and is defective in Stargardt disease, a common hereditary form of macular dystrophy. Thirteen different AMD-associated alterations, both deletions and amino acid substitutions, were found in one allele of ABCR in 26 patients (16%). Identification of ABCR alterations will permit presymptomatic testing of high-risk individuals and may lead to earlier diagnosis of AMD and to new strategies for prevention and therapy.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 1997, Vol 277, Issue 5333, p1805
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.277.5333.1805