Aging changes in retinal microglia and their relevance to age-related retinal disease

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 854, Issue , 2016, Pages 73-78

  Ma, Wenxin ^a   Wong, Wai T ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Complement; Microglia; Retinal pigment epithelium; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGING; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICROGLIA; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84943339800     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17121-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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