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Abstract
Abnormal lipid metabolism has been linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD); choroidal neovascularization in late AMD commonly causes blindness. Sene et al. (2013) now demonstrate that in aged macrophages decreased ABCA1 expression, regulated by liver X receptor and miR-33, impairs export of intracellular cholesterol, which promotes neovascular AMD.Entities:
Year: 2013 PMID: 23562072 PMCID: PMC3669899 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.03.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN: 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287