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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2020

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

Verena Behnke, Anne Wolf, Thomas Langmann

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Verena BehnkeLaboratory for Experimental Immunology of the Eye, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
Anne WolfLaboratory for Experimental Immunology of the Eye, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
Thomas LangmannLaboratory for Experimental Immunology of the Eye, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931, Cologne, Germany. thomas.langmann@uk-koeln.de.
University of Cologne · DEUniversity Hospital Cologne · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft FOR2240, LA1209/11-2Hans and Marlies Stock Foundation S061-10.013Helmut Ecker Foundation 03/17Pro Retina Foundation 1/2015Velux Foundation Project 967
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 risk factors, the understanding of its complex pathophysiology is still limited. However, animal experiments, genome-wide association data and the molecular profiling of AMD patient samples have highlighted a key role of systemic and local immune processes that contribute to this chronic eye disease. In this overview article, we concentrate on the role of lymphocytes and mononuclear phagocytes and their interplay in triggering a persistent immune response in the AMD retina. We preferentially review findings from human immune cell analyses and complement these with related findings in experimental models. We conclude that both immune cell types as their signaling network may be a rich source to identify novel molecular targets for immunomodulation in AMD.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overB-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesComplement System ProteinsHumansImmunomodulationMacular DegenerationPhagocytesRetinaTh17 CellsTh1 CellsVision DisordersComplement System ProteinsAMDImmune responseInflammationLymphocytesPhagocytes

Identifiers

PMID31897541
PMCPMC11104950
OpenAlexW2998671326

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