Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and Kamuvudines inhibit amyloid-β induced retinal pigmented epithelium degeneration

Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and Kamuvudines inhibit amyloid-β induced retinal pigmented epithelium degeneration

Abstract Nonfibrillar amyloid-β oligomers (AβOs) are a major component of drusen, the sub-retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) extracellular deposits characteristic of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common cause of global blindness. We report that AβOs induce RPE degeneration, a clinical ha...

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Main Authors: Siddharth Narendran, Felipe Pereira, Praveen Yerramothu, Ivana Apicella, Shao-bin Wang, Kameshwari Ambati, Shuichiro Hirahara, Younghee Kim, Meenakshi Ambati, Vidya L. Ambati, Peirong Huang, Akhil Varshney, Yosuke Nagasaka, Shinichi Fukuda, Kirstie L. Baker, Kenneth M. Marion, Jan M. Deussing, Srinivas R. Sadda, Bradley D. Gelfand, Jayakrishna Ambati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-021-00537-z

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