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Clearance of lipid droplets by chimeric autophagy-tethering compound ameliorates the age-related macular degeneration phenotype in mice lacking APOE.
Autophagy - 1 Oct 2023
Zhang Yuelu, Huang Jiancheng, Liang Yu, Huang Jiaqiu, Fu Yuhua, Chen Ningxie, Lu Boxun, Zhao Chen
Abstract excerpt
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness among the elderly, and there is currently no clinical treatment targeting the primary impairment of AMD. The earliest clinical hallmark of AMD is drusen, which are yellowish spots mainly composed of lipid droplets (LDs) accumulated under the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). However, the potential pathogenic role of this...
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