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SUBMITTER: Mossbock G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3049739 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mossböck Georg G Weger Martin M Faschinger Christoph C Schmut Otto O Renner Wilfried W Wedrich Andreas A Zimmermann Christina C El-Shabrawi Yosuf Y
Molecular vision 20110226
<h4>Purpose</h4>The enzyme cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase (Cyp46A1) is responsible for the conversion of cholesterol to its more polar metabolite 24S-hydroxycholesterol, thereby enabling the intracerebral elimination of cholesterol. An intronic single nucleotide polymorphism in the gene CYP46A1 (IVS2 -150 T>C; rs754203) has recently been associated with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). This association, however, lacks confirmation in other studies. The purpose of the present study was to investi ...[more]