Oxidative damage and autophagy in the human trabecular meshwork as related with ageing.

Autophagy is an intracellular lysosomal degradation process induced under stress conditions. Autophagy also plays a major role in ocular patho-physiology. Molecular aging does occur in the trabecular meshwork, the main regulator of aqueous humor outflow, and trabecular meshwork senescence is accompa...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Pulliero, Anke Seydel, Anna Camoirano, Sergio Claudio Saccà, Marco Sandri, Alberto Izzotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4063984?pdf=render