[HTML][HTML] Towards frailty biomarkers: Candidates from genes and pathways regulated in aging and age-related diseases

AL Cardoso, A Fernandes, JA Aguilar-Pimentel… - Ageing research …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Use of the frailty index to measure an accumulation of deficits has been proven a
valuable method for identifying elderly people at risk for increased vulnerability, disease …

Retinal pigment epithelium and age‐related macular degeneration: a review of major disease mechanisms

S Somasundaran, IJ Constable… - Clinical & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive degenerative disease that is the
leading cause of vision loss in the elderly population. Degeneration/dysregulation of the …

Avacincaptad pegol for geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration: 18-month findings from the GATHER1 trial

SS Patel, DR Lally, J Hsu, CC Wykoff, D Eichenbaum… - Eye, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Background/Objectives To assess the safety and efficacy of avacincaptad pegol
(ACP), a C5 inhibitor, for geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular …

Subretinal fibrosis in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: current concepts, therapeutic avenues, and future perspectives

L Tenbrock, J Wolf, S Boneva, A Schlecht… - Cell and Tissue …, 2022 - Springer
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive, degenerative disease of the
human retina which in its most aggressive form is associated with the formation of macular …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the complement system for the management of retinal inflammatory and degenerative diseases

H Xu, M Chen - European journal of pharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
The retina, an immune privileged tissue, has specialized immune defense mechanisms
against noxious insults that may exist in diseases such as age-related macular degeneration …

Systematic review and analysis of human proteomics aging studies unveils a novel proteomic aging clock and identifies key processes that change with age

AA Johnson, MN Shokhirev, T Wyss-Coray… - Ageing research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of clinical interventions that significantly improve human healthspan
requires robust markers of biological age as well as thoughtful therapeutic targets. To …

Macrophage to myofibroblast transition contributes to subretinal fibrosis secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration

K Little, M Llorián-Salvador, M Tang, X Du… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Macular fibrosis causes irreparable vision loss in neovascular age-related
macular degeneration (nAMD) even with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) …

Modulation of three key innate immune pathways for the most common retinal degenerative diseases

I Akhtar‐Schäfer, L Wang, TU Krohne, H Xu… - EMBO molecular …, 2018 - embopress.org
This review highlights the role of three key immune pathways in the pathophysiology of
major retinal degenerative diseases including diabetic retinopathy, age‐related macular …

[HTML][HTML] Serous business: delineating the broad spectrum of diseases with subretinal fluid in the macula

EHC van Dijk, CJF Boon - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2021 - Elsevier
A wide range of ocular diseases can present with serous subretinal fluid in the macula and
therefore clinically mimic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). In this manuscript, we …

Innate immune response in retinal homeostasis and inflammatory disorders

Y Murakami, K Ishikawa, S Nakao… - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2020 - Elsevier
Innate immune cells such as neutrophils, monocyte-macrophages and microglial cells are
pivotal for the health and disease of the retina. For the maintenance of retinal homeostasis …