VEGF rescues cigarette smoking-induced human RPE cell death by increasing autophagic flux: Implications of the role of autophagy in advanced age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7329-7337

  Chu, Young Kwang ^a,b   Lee, Sung Chul ^b   Byeon, Suk Ho ^b  

^a Siloan Eye Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AMD; Autophagy; Cigarette smoke; RPE cells; VEGF

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; VASCULOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMD; AUTOPHAGY; CIGARETTE SMOKE; RPE CELLS; VEGF;

AUTOPHAGY; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84887331851     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12149     Document Type: Article

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