Mitochondrial alterations of retinal pigment epithelium in age-related macular degeneration

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 983-993

  Feher, Janos ^a   Kovacs, Illes ^b   Artico, Marco ^c   Cavallotti, Carlo ^a   Papale, Antonio ^a   Balacco Gabrieli, Corrado ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Faculty of Pharmacy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Electron microscopy; Lipofuscin; Mitochondria; Morphometry; Peroxisomes; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROXISOME; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; AGING; CELL GRANULE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; PEROXISOMES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE;

EID: 33746406453     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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