[HTML][HTML] Implications of genetic variation in the complement system in age-related macular degeneration

S de Jong, G Gagliardi, A Garanto, A de Breuk… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the main cause of vision loss among the elderly
in the Western world. While AMD is a multifactorial disease, the complement system was …

Complement system and age-related macular degeneration: drugs and challenges

J Wu, X Sun - Drug design, development and therapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is directly attributable to vision loss, posing
significant pressure on public health. AMD is recognized to be a multi-factorial disease and …

Targeting complement components C3 and C5 for the retina: key concepts and lingering questions

BJ Kim, DC Mastellos, Y Li, JL Dunaief… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains a major cause of legal blindness, and
treatment for the geographic atrophy form of AMD is a significant unmet need. Dysregulation …

Human complement factor H Y402H polymorphism causes an age-related macular degeneration phenotype and lipoprotein dysregulation in mice

M Landowski, U Kelly, M Klingeborn… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
One of the strongest susceptibility genes for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is
complement factor H (CFH); however, its impact on AMD pathobiology remains unresolved …

Targeting lipid metabolism for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration: insights from preclinical mouse models

M Landowski, C Bowes Rickman - Journal of Ocular Pharmacology …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major leading cause of irreversible visual
impairment in the world with limited therapeutic interventions. Histological, biochemical …

The role of complement membrane attack complex in dry and wet AMD-From hypothesis to clinical trials

R Kumar-Singh - Experimental eye research, 2019 - Elsevier
Data from human dry and wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) eyes support the
hypothesis that constant 'tickover'of the alternative complement pathway results in chronic …

Impacts of high fat diet on ocular outcomes in rodent models of visual disease

DA Clarkson-Townsend, AJ Douglass, A Singh… - Experimental eye …, 2021 - Elsevier
High fat diets (HFD) have been utilized in rodent models of visual disease for over 50 years
to model the effects of lipids, metabolic dysfunction, and diet-induced obesity on vision and …

C3a triggers formation of sub-retinal pigment epithelium deposits via the ubiquitin proteasome pathway

R Fernandez-Godino, EA Pierce - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The mechanisms that connect complement system activation and basal deposit formation in
early stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are insufficiently understood, which …

The role of lymphocytes and phagocytes in age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

V Behnke, A Wolf, T Langmann - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of visual impairment of the
elderly population. Since AMD is a multifactorial age-related disease with various genetic …

Modeling complex age-related eye disease

S Becker, Z L'Ecuyer, BW Jones, MA Zouache… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Modeling complex eye diseases like age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and
glaucoma poses significant challenges, since these conditions depend highly on age …