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Inflammasome Activation in Retinal Pigment Epithelium from Human Donors with Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Cells - 30 Jun 2022
Ebeling Mara C, Fisher Cody R, Kapphahn Rebecca J, Stahl Madilyn R, Shen Shichen, Qu Jun, Montezuma Sandra R, Ferrington Deborah A
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, is characterized by the death of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors. One of the risk factors associated with developing AMD is the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) found within the gene encoding complement factor H (CFH). Part of the innate immune system, CFH inhibits alternative complement pathway...
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