Bringing the age-related macular degeneration high-risk allele age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 into focus with stem cell technology

Abstract Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of blindness in older adults in developed countries. It is a multifactorial disease triggered by both environmental and genetic factors. High-temperature requirement A serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1) and age-related maculopathy susceptibili...

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Main Authors: Shuo Sun, ZhiQing Li, Patrick Glencer, BinCui Cai, XiaoMin Zhang, Jin Yang, XiaoRong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Stem Cell Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-017-0584-4