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LXRs regulate features of age-related macular degeneration and may be a potential therapeutic target.
JCI insight - 16 Jan 2020
Choudhary Mayur, Ismail Ebraheim N, Yao Pei-Li, Tayyari Faryan, Radu Roxana A, Nusinowitz Steven, Boulton Michael E, Apte Rajendra S, Ruberti Jeffrey W, Handa James T, Tontonoz Peter, Malek Goldis
Abstract excerpt
Effective treatments and animal models for the most prevalent neurodegenerative form of blindness in elderly people, called age-related macular degeneration (AMD), are lacking. Genome-wide association studies have identified lipid metabolism and inflammation as AMD-associated pathogenic pathways. Given liver X receptors (LXRs), encoded by the nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group H members 2 and 3 (NR1H3 and NR1H2),...
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