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Nicotinamide Ameliorates Disease Phenotypes in a Human iPSC Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Cell stem cell - 4 May 2017
Saini Janmeet S, Corneo Barbara, Miller Justine D, Kiehl Thomas R, Wang Qingjie, Boles Nathan C, Blenkinsop Timothy A, Stern Jeffrey H, Temple Sally
Abstract excerpt
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a cell monolayer essential for photoreceptor survival, and is the leading cause of vision loss in the elderly. There are no disease-altering therapies for dry AMD, which is characterized by accumulation of subretinal drusen deposits and complement-driven inflammation. We report the derivation of human-induced pluripotent stem...
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