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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022

Cell Death in AMD: The Rationale for Targeting Fas.

David N Zacks, Andrew J Kocab, Joanne J Choi, Meredith S Gregory-Ksander, Marisol Cano, James T Handa

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David N ZacksDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Andrew J KocabONL Therapeutics, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6069-2166
Joanne J ChoiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Meredith S Gregory-KsanderDepartment of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Marisol CanoWilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
James T HandaWilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Funding

Therapeutic inhibition of Fas-mediated retinal cell death and inflammation in dry AMDR42EY029625 · NEI · ONL THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI HANDA, JAMES T, KOCAB, ANDREW JOSEPH · 2018 to 2022
$1.4M
NEI NIH HHS 1R42EY029625-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the developed world. While great advances have been made in the treatment of the neovascular ("wet") form of the disease, there is still a significant need for therapies that prevent the vision loss associated with the advanced forms of dry, atrophic AMD. In this atrophic form, retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) and photoreceptor cell death is the ultimate cause of vision loss. In this review, we summarize the cell death pathways and their relation to RPE and retinal cell death in AMD. We review the data that support targeting programmed cell death through inhibition of the Fas receptor as a novel approach to preserve these structures and that this effect results from inhibiting both canonical death pathway activation and reducing the associated inflammatory response. These data lay the groundwork for current clinical strategies targeting the Fas pathway in this devastating disease.

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apoptosisFasmacular degenerationnecroptosis

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PMID35160044
PMCPMC8836408

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