Phagocyte dysfunction, tissue aging and degeneration

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1005-1012

  Li, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Macrophage; Microglia; Phagocyte dysfunction; Phagocytosis; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVBETA5 INTEGRIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; FC RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MER RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR A; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL AGING; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CROSS REACTION; EXOCYTOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGE DISPLAY; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE INJURY;

AGING; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; PHAGOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84888198684     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.05.006     Document Type: Review

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