Cellular and molecular mechanisms of age-related macular degeneration: From impaired autophagy to neovascularization

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1457-1467

  Klettner, Alexa ^a   Kauppinen, Anu ^b   Blasiak, Janusz ^c   Roider, Johan ^a   Salminen, Antero ^b,d   Kaarniranta, Kai ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Autophagy; Inflammasome; Lipofuscin; Neovascularization; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; CATHEPSIN; INFLAMMASOME; LIPOFUSCIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AUTOPHAGY; HUMAN; LIPID OXIDATION; LYSOSOME; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELL; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; AGING; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CYTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; AUTOPHAGY; CATHEPSINS; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; INFLAMMATION; LYSOSOMES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84877628853     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: 18785875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2013.04.013     Document Type: Review

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