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Osmotic Induction of Angiogenic Growth Factor Expression in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

BACKGROUND: Although systemic hypertension is a risk factor of age-related macular degeneration, antihypertensive medications do not affect the risk of the disease. One condition that induces hypertension is high intake of dietary salt resulting in increased blood osmolarity. In order to prove the a...

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Autores principales: Veltmann, Moritz, Hollborn, Margrit, Reichenbach, Andreas, Wiedemann, Peter, Kohen, Leon, Bringmann, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26800359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147312