• State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China;
丁小燕, Email: dingxy75@gmail.com
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Objective To investigate the relationship of the age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 (ARMS2) A69S polymorphism and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), and to explore the distribution of risk allele in PCV and exudative age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). Methods This is a systemic review and meta-analysis. A literature research was performed in Pubmed, Embase, Web of Knowledge, Chinese national Knowledge Infrastructure and Wanfang Medicine Database by the key words of "ARMS2, LOC387715, A69S, rs10490924, age related macular degeneration, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, single nucleotide polymorphism". Case-control studies were included, while review, case report, or systemic reviews were excluded. The latest one of multiple articles was included only which published by the same group. The results of individual studies were pooled using the software Review Manager 5.1.4, and the correlation between allele frequencies, genotype and phenotype were analyzed. Results A total of 14 articles, consisting 2007 PCV patients, 1308 wAMD patients and 3286 controls were recruited. The pooled odds ratio (OR) in random-effects models for genotype TT versus wild homozygous genotype GG is 5.20 (95% CI: 3.90-6.95). Heterozygous genotype GT mildly increased the risk in affecting PCV, and the OR of GT versus GG is 1.85 (95% CI: 1.42-2.40. The frequency of T allele in wAMD was higher than in PCV, pool OR=1.60 (95% CI: 1.31-1.96). Conclusions The ARMS2 A69S variant is associated with PCV. Genotypes of TT and GT had an effect in increasing the risk of PCV, and the effect is even greater in genotype of TT. T allele had an effect in increasing the risk of PCV and wAMD, and the risk for wAMD is slightly greater than for PCV.

Citation: LiuRan, YangYu, WeiChunyi. The age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 polymorphism and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: a systemic review and meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2014, 30(3): 299-303. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1005-1015.2014.03.017 Copy

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