Gut microbiota influences pathological angiogenesis in obesity‐driven choroidal neovascularization

Gut microbiota influences pathological angiogenesis in obesity‐driven choroidal neovascularization

Abstract Age‐related macular degeneration in its neovascular form (NV AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss among adults above the age of 60. Epidemiological data suggest that in men, overall abdominal obesity is the second most important environmental risk factor after smoking for progression to...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth MMA Andriessen, Ariel M Wilson, Gaelle Mawambo, Agnieszka Dejda, Khalil Miloudi, Florian Sennlaub, Przemyslaw Sapieha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2016-11-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
Subjects:
age‐related macular degeneration
angiogenesis
gut microbiota
inflammaging
obesity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201606531

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