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Nicotine Increases the VEGF/PEDF Ratio in Retinal Pigment Epithelium: A Possible Mechanism for CNV in Passive Smokers with AMD

PURPOSE. Cigarette smoking is the strongest environmental risk factor for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Inappropriate expression of proangiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and antiangiogenic pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) may cause choroidal neovascularization...

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Main Authors: Pons, Marianne, Marin-Castaño, Maria E.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc. 2011
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109060/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21330654
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.10-6254
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