Grassmann, FelixFriedrich, UlrikeFauser, SaschaSchick, TinaMilenkovic, AndreaSchulz, Heidi L.von Strachwitz, Claudia N.Bettecken, ThomasLichtner, PeterMeitinger, ThomasArend, NicoleWolf, ArminHaritoglou, ChristosRudolph, GuentherChakravarthy, UshaSilvestri, GiulianaMcKay, Gareth J.Freitag-Wolf, SandraKrawczak, MichaelSmith, R. TheodoreMerriam, John C.Merriam, Joanna E.Allikmets, RandoHeid, Iris M.Weber, Bernhard H.F.2025-08-252025-08-252015-06-01Grassmann, F, Friedrich, U, Fauser, S, Schick, T, Milenkovic, A, Schulz, H L, von Strachwitz, C N, Bettecken, T, Lichtner, P, Meitinger, T, Arend, N, Wolf, A, Haritoglou, C, Rudolph, G, Chakravarthy, U, Silvestri, G, McKay, G J, Freitag-Wolf, S, Krawczak, M, Smith, R T, Merriam, J C, Merriam, J E, Allikmets, R, Heid, I M & Weber, B H F 2015, 'A Candidate Gene Association Study Identifies DAPL1 as a Female-Specific Susceptibility Locus for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)', NeuroMolecular Medicine, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12017-015-8342-11535-1084ORCID: /0000-0003-1390-7528/work/116418040https://hdl.handle.net/2164/25908Acknowledgments We thank all patients and control individuals for their participation in the study, Kerstin Meier and Jürgen Kaschkötö (Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg) for technical support, and Lars G. Fritsche (Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Thomas Winkler (Institute of Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg) for help with computational tools and data analysis. This study was supported partly by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (WE 1259/19-1 and WE 1259/19-2 to BHFW), the Alcon Research Institute (to BHFW and RA), by grants from the National Eye Institute/NIH EY013435 and EY019007 (to RA); the Macula Vision Research Foundation (to RA); an unrestricted grant to the Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. (to RA), and the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association UK (2008-5a) Macular Disease Society (to US, GS, GJM).10964280engAge-related macular degenerationCanonical DAPL1 isoformsDeath-associated protein-like 1, DAPL1Genetic association studyRE OphthalmologyQH426 GeneticsMolecular MedicineNeurologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSupplementary InformationREQH426Journal article10.1007/s12017-015-8342-1http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939934704&partnerID=8YFLogxK172