Inhibition of RPE lysosomal and antioxidant activity by the age pigment lipofuscin

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3041-3046

  Shamsi, F A ^a   Boulton, M ^a  

^a Amersham Biosciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CATALASE; CATHEPSIN D; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOFUSCIN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GRANULE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LYSOSOME; PHOTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CATHEPSIN D; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYMES; EYE PROTEINS; GLUCURONIDASE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; LYSOSOMES; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0034766880     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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