The lipofuscin fluorophore A2E mediates blue light-induced damage to retinal pigmented epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1981-1989

  Sparrow, Janet R ^a   Nakanishi, Koji ^a   Parish, Craig A ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5; LIPOFUSCIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIPOFUSCIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINOIDS;

EID: 0034086115     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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