Why AMD is a disease of ageing and not of development: Mechanisms and insights

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Kaushal ^a   Sharma, Neel Kamal ^b   Anand, Akshay ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

7 ketocholesterol; Age related macular degeneration; Angiogenic proteins; Complement factors; Degenerative diseases; Developmental disorders; Metabolism; VEGF

Indexed keywords

7 KCH PROTEIN; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT FACTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

EID: 84904614112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00151     Document Type: Review

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