• Rare and common variants in extracellular matrix gene Fibrillin 2 (FBN2) are associated with macular degeneration 

      Ratnapriya, R.; Zhan, X.; Fariss, R. N.; Branham, K. E.; Zipprer, D.; Chakarova, C. F.; Sergeev, Y. V.; Campos, M. M.; Othman, M.; Friedman, J. S.; Maminishkis, A.; Waseem, N. H.; Brooks, M.; Rajasimha, H. K.; Edwards, A. O.; Lotery, A.; Klein, B. E.; Truitt, B. J.; Li, B.; Schaumberg, D. A.; Morgan, D. J.; Morrison, M. A.; Souied, E.; Tsironi, E. E.; Grassmann, F.; Fishman, G. A.; Silvestri, G.; Scholl, H. P. N.; Kim, I. K.; Ramke, J.; Tuo, J.; Merriam, J. E.; Merriam, J. C.; Park, K. H.; Olson, L. M.; Farrer, L. A.; Johnson, M. P.; Peachey, N. S.; Lathrop, M.; Baron, R. V.; Igo, R. P.; Klein, R.; Hagstrom, S. A.; Kamatani, Y.; Martin, T. M.; Jiang, Y.; Conley, Y.; Sahel, J. A.; Zack, D. J.; Chan, C. C.; Pericak-Vance, M. A.; Jacobson, S. G.; Gorin, M. B.; Klein, M. L.; Allikmets, R.; Iyengar, S. K.; Weber, B. H.; Haines, J. L.; Léveillard, T.; Deangelis, M. M.; Stambolian, D.; Weeks, D. E.; Bhattacharya, S. E.; Chew, E. Y.; Heckenlively, J. R.; Abecasis, G. R.; Swaroop, A. (2014)
      Neurodegenerative diseases affecting the macula constitute amajor cause of incurable vision loss and exhibit considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity, from early-onset monogenic disease to multifactorial lateonset ...
    • The role of B cells in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis 

      Sakkas L.I., Bogdanos D.P. (2016)
      Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by extensive collagen deposition, microvasculopathy and autoantibodies. All three features can be promoted by activation of T cells and B cells. T cells are of Th2 type producing ...