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Knockout of Ccr2 alleviates photoreceptor cell death in rodent retina exposed to chronic blue light
10 Nov 2016
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Abstract Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of visual loss after the age of 60 years, is a degenerative retinal disease involving a variety of environmental and hereditary factors. Although it has been implicated that immune system is involved in the disease progression, the exact role that microglia has is still unclear. Here we demonstrated that knockout of Ccr2 gene could alleviate...
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