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Article Dans Une Revue Ophthalmic Research Année : 2008

Lipid-bloated subretinal microglial cells are at the origin of drusen appearance in CX3CR1-deficient mice.

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Drusen, the white yellowish deposits that can be seen in funduscopy, are a hallmark of age-related macular degeneration. Histologically, drusen are believed to be dome-shaped or more confluent lipid accumulations between the retinal pigment epithelium and the choriocapillaries. Recent advances in mouse funduscopy have revealed the presence of drusen-like structures in chemokine knockout animals in the absence of sizeable dome-shaped material below the retinal pigment epithelium. We show that aged CX3CR1-/- mice present with drusen-like appearance in funduscopy that is associated with a progressive age-related microglial cell accumulation in the subretinal space. We demonstrate that the anatomical equivalent of the drusen-like appearance in these mice are lipid-bloated subretinal microglial cells rather than subretinal pigment epithelium deposits [Combadi? C, et al: J Clin Invest 2007;117:2920-2928].
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inserm-00315944 , version 1 (13-11-2009)

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William Raoul, Charles Feumi, Nicole Keller, Sophie Lavalette, Marianne Houssier, et al.. Lipid-bloated subretinal microglial cells are at the origin of drusen appearance in CX3CR1-deficient mice.. Ophthalmic Research, 2008, 40 (3-4), pp.115-9. ⟨10.1159/000119860⟩. ⟨inserm-00315944⟩
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