Artikel ; Online: The Role of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Phagocytosis and Autophagy.
2023 Band 13, Heft 6
Abstract: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes vision loss in the elderly population. Dry AMD leads to the formation of Drusen, while wet AMD is characterized by cell proliferation and choroidal angiogenesis. The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) plays a ... ...
| Abstract | Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes vision loss in the elderly population. Dry AMD leads to the formation of Drusen, while wet AMD is characterized by cell proliferation and choroidal angiogenesis. The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) plays a key role in AMD pathogenesis. In particular, helioreceptor renewal depends on outer segment phagocytosis of RPE cells, while RPE autophagy can protect cells from oxidative stress damage. However, when the oxidative stress burden is too high and homeostasis is disturbed, the phagocytosis and autophagy functions of RPE become damaged, leading to AMD development and progression. Hence, characterizing the roles of RPE cell phagocytosis and autophagy in the pathogenesis of AMD can inform the development of potential therapeutic targets to prevent irreversible RPE and photoreceptor cell death, thus protecting against AMD. |
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| Mesh-Begriff(e) | Aged ; Humans ; Phagocytosis/physiology ; Autophagy/physiology ; Macular Degeneration/metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; Epithelial Cells/metabolism ; Retinal Pigments/metabolism |
| Chemische Substanzen | Retinal Pigments |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2023-05-29 |
| Erscheinungsland | Switzerland |
| Dokumenttyp | Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 2701262-1 |
| ISSN | 2218-273X ; 2218-273X |
| ISSN (online) | 2218-273X |
| ISSN | 2218-273X |
| DOI | 10.3390/biom13060901 |
| Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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