Macrophages feel their age in macular degeneration

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3182-3184

  Jager, Martine J ^a   Klaver, Caroline C W ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANGIOGENESIS; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; EYE INJURY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RETINA;

EID: 36048938341     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI34070     Document Type: Review

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