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Gut flora connects obesity with pathological angiogenesis in the eye

Neovascular age‐related macular degeneration (nvAMD) can cause severe vision loss among the elderly. Genetic risk factors for AMD include several variants related to the immune system and lipid metabolism. Obesity is a well‐known predisposing factor for nvAMD but how this metabolic disorder modulate...

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Autores principales: Scholz, Rebecca, Langmann, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5167127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27861130
http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201607165