Potential protective function of the sterol regulatory element binding factor 1–fatty acid desaturase 1/2 axis in early-stage age-related macular degeneration

Potential protective function of the sterol regulatory element binding factor 1–fatty acid desaturase 1/2 axis in early-stage age-related macular degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of vision loss in elderly individuals throughout the developed world. Inhibitors of vascular endothelial growth factor have been successfully used to treat choroidal neovascularization in late-stage AMD. The pathogenesis of early-stage...

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Main Authors: Yoshifumi Ashikawa, Yuhei Nishimura, Shiko Okabe, Yumi Sato, Mizuki Yuge, Tomoko Tada, Haruka Miyao, Soichiro Murakami, Koki Kawaguchi, Shota Sasagawa, Yasuhito Shimada, Toshio Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Ophthalmology
Pharmaceutical science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016317972

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