Study type: In vitro · Status: Verified against declared source
Protective Mechanisms of the Mitochondrial-Derived Chemical sequence Humanin in Oxidative and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in RPE Cells.
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2017
Study scale: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive degenerative retinal disease that impairs visual acuity and causes irreversible central vision loss.
Abstract only: Open source record
Product or molecular entity relationships
- Humanin: Exact entity relationship. Legacy citation custody associates this source with the catalog record; no product-relevance conclusion is implied.
Plain-language verified summary
Question
Not reported in the reviewed source.
Methods
Reactive oxygen species are essential physiological signaling molecules modulating gene expression, apoptosis, and proliferation, but are also toxic oxidizers of biomolecules and are linked to many pathologies such as Parkinson disease, AD, atherosclerosis, cancer, diabetes, and age-related diseases [64, 65].
Scale or participants
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive degenerative retinal disease that impairs visual acuity and causes irreversible central vision loss.
Key findings
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe and irreversible vision loss and is characterized by progressive degeneration of the retina resulting in loss of central vision.
Limitations and uncertainty
In glial cell lines, HN binding to IGFBP-3 blocks IGFBP-3-mediated apoptosis.
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