Lutein: More than just a filter for blue light

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-315

  Kijlstra, Aize ^a   Tian, Yuan ^a,b   Kelly, Elton R ^a   Berendschot, Tos T J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Immune response; Inflammation; Lutein; Macular pigment; SR B1

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA TUBULIN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CHYLOMICRON; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FLORAL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYCOPENE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLACEBO; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; SINGLET OXYGEN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLUE LIGHT; CATARACT; COGNITION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUSEN; FILTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; MACULAR DEGEN; MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA; MARIGOLD; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; REVIEW; SJOEGREN LARSSON SYNDROME; SMOKING; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TAGETES ERECTA; TELANGIECTASIA; UVEITIS; VISION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EYE; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINAL DISEASES; SCAVENGER RECEPTORS, CLASS B;

EID: 84861461305     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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