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Systemic lipid dysregulation is a risk factor for macular neurodegenerative disease.
Scientific reports - 22 Jul 2020
Bonelli Roberto, Woods Sasha M, Ansell Brendan R E, Heeren Tjebo F C, Egan Catherine A, Khan Kamron N, Guymer Robyn, Trombley Jennifer, Friedlander Martin, Bahlo Melanie, Fruttiger Marcus
Abstract excerpt
Macular Telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) is an uncommon bilateral retinal disease, in which glial cell and photoreceptor degeneration leads to central vision loss. The causative disease mechanism is largely unknown, and no treatment is currently available. A previous study found variants in genes associated with glycine-serine metabolism (PSPH, PHGDH and CPS1) to be associated with MacTel, and showed low levels of...
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