Imaging of cellular aging in human retinal blood vessels

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-25

  Catita, J ^a   Lopez Luppo M ^a,b   Ramos, D ^a   Nacher, V ^a,b   Navarro, M ^a,b   Carretero, A ^a,b   Sanchez Chardi A ^a   Mendes Jorge, L ^a,b   Rodriguez Baeza, A ^a   Ruberte, J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acellular capillaries; Aging; Cellular senescence; Lipofuscin accumulation; Microaneurysms

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; LIPOFUSCIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAVEOLA; CELL AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMAGING; MICROANEURYSM; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; VASCULAR LESION; AGE; AGING; ANEURYSM; CAPILLARY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANEURYSM; APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMARKERS; CAPILLARIES; CAVEOLAE; CELL AGING; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84927725723     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.03.019     Document Type: Review

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