Mutational screening of VSX1, SPARC, SOD1, LOX, and TIMP3 in keratoconus.

Patrizia De Bonis,Antonio Laborante,Costantina Pizzicoli,Raffaella Stallone,Raffaela Barbano,Costanza Longo,Emilio Mazzilli,Leopoldo Zelante,Luigi Bisceglia

Mutational screening of VSX1, SPARC, SOD1, LOX, and TIMP3 in keratoconus.

2011

Patrizia De Bonis
Antonio Laborante
Costantina Pizzicoli
Raffaella Stallone
Raffaela Barbano
Costanza Longo
Emilio Mazzilli
Leopoldo Zelante
Luigi Bisceglia

Purpose To evaluate the involvement of Visual System Homeobox 1 (VSX1), Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine (SPARC), Superoxide Dismutase 1 (SOD1), Lysyl Oxidase (LOX), and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 3 (TIMP3) in sporadic and familial keratoconus.

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Superoxide dismutase
Molecular biology
Lysyl oxidase
Biology
Genetics
SOD1
Cysteine
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase
DNA Mutational Analysis
Homeobox
Osteonectin
Proband
Pathogenesis
Mutation
Genetic testing

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