Evaluation of FGF10 as a candidate gene for high myopia in a Han Chinese population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fibroblast growth factor 10 (FGF10) is implicated in the growth and development of the eye. Four singles nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the FGF10 gene (including rs1384449, rs339501, rs12517396 and rs10462070) were found to be associated with extreme myopia (EM, refractive error ≤ - 10.0 diopters) in Japanese and Chinese Taiwan population. This case-control association study was conducted to explore the relationship between these four SNPs and high myopia in a western Chinese population.

Methods

A total of 869 high myopia patients (HM, including 485 EM patients) and 899 healthy controls were recruited. These four SNPs were genotyped using the ABI SNaPshot method. Five genetic models (allelic, homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, and recessi

SUBMITTER: Jiang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6820952 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature