Abundant lipid and protein components of drusen.
Drusen are extracellular lesions characteristic of aging and age-related maculopathy, a major retinal disease of the elderly. We determined the relative proportions of lipids and proteins in drusen capped with retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and in RPE isolated from non-macular regions of 36 human...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-04-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2859054?pdf=render |