Keeping blood vessels out of sight.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23795301.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.00948 and PMC identifier 3687332.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Researchers have identified a soluble receptor that prevents blood vessels forming in the outer retina-a process that can lead to blindness-by sequestering vascular endothelial growth factor.
Medical subject headings
- Choroidal Neovascularization
- Macular Degeneration
- Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate
- Retinal Neovascularization
- Retinal Pigment Epithelium
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1
- Vision, Ocular