A2E, a fluorophore of RPE lipofuscin: Can it cause RPE degeneration?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 533, Issue , 2003, Pages 205-211

  Sparrow, Janet R ^b   Cai, Bolin ^b   Fishkin, Nate ^b   Jang, Young Pyo ^b   Krane, Sonja ^b   Vollmer, Heidi R ^b   Zhou, Jilin ^b   Nakanishi, Koji ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; RETINAL; RETINOID;

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DAMAGE; LIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346271772     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0067-4_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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