Letter to the Editor: Levels of the HtrA1 Protein in Serum and Vitreous Humor Are Independent of Genetic Risk for Age-Related Macular Degeneration at the 10q26 Locus

Yang Pan, Takeshi Iwata · 2024

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Yang Pan and Takeshi Iwata write a 2024 letter that questions a study on a protein tied to eye disease risk at a known gene spot. The study gauged the protein in blood and eye fluid with a home-built glow test and found no tie to gene risk. The letter raises method flags. Two shop kits used for contrast have ranges that do not touch, so one sample cannot serve both. Curve math used a straight model where a log form fits, which may warp the null result.

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CREATORYang Pan, Takeshi Iwata
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE2 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11645749

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