Epithelial phenotype restoring drugs suppress macular degeneration phenotypes in an iPSC model
oleh: Ruchi Sharma, Aman George, Malika Nimmagadda, Davide Ortolan, Barbosa-Sabanero Karla, Zoya Qureshy, Devika Bose, Roba Dejene, Genqing Liang, Qin Wan, Justin Chang, Balendu Shekhar Jha, Omar Memon, Kiyoharu Joshua Miyagishima, Aaron Rising, Madhu Lal, Eric Hanson, Rebecca King, Mercedes Maria Campos, Marc Ferrer, Juan Amaral, David McGaughey, Kapil Bharti
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01 |
Deskripsi
Age-related macular degeneration is characterized by lipid-rich drusen deposits underneath the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Here the authors report an in vitro iPSC-RPE model for AMD that recapitulates drusen and RPE atrophy, and identify two drugs that reduce drusen deposits and restore RPE epithelial phenotype.