“…Using online search databases with keywords including "polymorphism", "age-related macular degeneration", and "meta-analysis", I summarized the findings from the latest published meta-analysis [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] as shown in Figure 1. Moreover, in this short communication additional meta-analysis of TNFα, CCL-2, MMP3, MMP7, MMP9, and TIMP2 were also included [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] . It was shown that a protective effect of TNFα -863A carrier (A vs C, OR = 0.67, P = 0.007; AA+CA vs CC, OR = 0.58, P = 0.001; CA vs AA+CC, OR = 0.55, P = 0.001; and CA vs CC, OR = 0.54, P = 0.001, Figure 2A-D) and TIMP2 -418C carrier (GC vs CC+GG, OR = 0.54, P = 0.018; and GC vs GG, OR = 0.56, P = 0.046, Figure 2E,F) to the development of AMD.…”