Oxidative damage and protection of the RPE

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-221

  Cai, Jiyang ^a   Nelson, Kasey C ^a   Wu, Mei ^a   Sternberg, Paul ^a   Jones, Dean P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HARMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; XANTHOPHYLL;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; DIET; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FORECASTING; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MITOCHONDRIA; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE;

EID: 0033991466     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(99)00009-9     Document Type: Review

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