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Morphological and physiological retinal degeneration induced by intravenous delivery of vitamin A dimers in rabbits

The eye uses vitamin A as a cofactor to sense light and, during this process, some vitamin A molecules dimerize, forming vitamin A dimers. A striking chemical signature of retinas undergoing degeneration in major eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Stargardt disease is th...

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Autores principales: Penn, Jackie, Mihai, Doina M., Washington, Ilyas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Limited 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4314778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25504631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dmm.017194