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Autophagy and Exosomes in the Aged Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Possible Relevance to Drusen Formation and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of loss of central vision in the elderly. The formation of drusen, an extracellular, amorphous deposit of material on Bruch's membrane in the macula of the retina, occurs early in the course of the disease. Although some of the molecular c...

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Autores principales: Wang, Ai Ling, Lukas, Thomas J., Yuan, Ming, Du, Nga, Tso, Mark O., Neufeld, Arthur H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19129916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004160