Vitamin D Attenuates Oxidative Damage and Inflammation in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

• Autores principales: Ali Mohammad Tohari (Autor), Reem Hasaballah Alhasani (Autor), Lincoln Biswas (Autor), Sarita Rani Patnaik (Autor), James Reilly (Autor), Zhihong Zeng (Autor), Xinhua Shu (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: MDPI AG, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common visual disorder in elderly people, is characterized by the formation of deposits beneath the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and by dysfunction of RPE and photoreceptor cells. The biologically active form of vitamin D, 1,25-(OH)2D3 (VITD), is...