Open AccessVascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphism is not associated with diabetic retinopathy in Egyptian Patients
Author(s) -
Rana Ahmed Abdel Fattah,
Rasha M Eltanamly,
Mostafa Nabih,
Manal Kamal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.171760
Subject(s) - medicine , genotyping , diabetic retinopathy , vascular endothelial growth factor , allele , genotype , fundus photography , single nucleotide polymorphism , gastroenterology , diabetes mellitus , allele frequency , type 2 diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , ophthalmology , vegf receptors , endocrinology , gene , genetics , visual acuity , fluorescein angiography , biology
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was implicated as a major contributor to the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). This study investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms of A allele of rs699947 or G allele of rs10434 in the VEGF gene were associated with DR in Egyptian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).