N-Acetylcysteine improves lysosomal function and enhances the degradation of photoreceptor outer segments in cultured RPE cells;N-acetylcystein verbessert die lysosomale funktion und beschleunigt den abbau von photorezeptor-außensegmenten in der RPE-zellkultur

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 224, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 580-584

  Volcker H E ^a   Dithmar, S ^a   Schütt, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ARMD; Lipofuscin; Lysosomes; N acetylcysteine; RPE

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; METHYLAMINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYSOSOME; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEOMICS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOFUSCIN; LYSOSOMES; METHYLAMINES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

EID: 34547794713     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963339     Document Type: Article

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