Inflammasome Activation in Retinal Pigment Epithelium from Human Donors with Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

ABSTRACT: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, is characterized by the death of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors. One of the risk factors associated with developing AMD is the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) found within the gene encoding complement factor H (CFH). Part of the innate immune system, CFH inhibits alternative complement pathway activation. Multi-protein complexes called inflammasomes also play a role in the innate immune response. Previous studies reported that inflammasome activation may contribute to AMD pathology. In this study, we used primary human adult RPE cell cultures from multiple donors, with and without AMD, that were genotyped for the Y402H CFH risk allele. We found complement and inflammasome-relate

SUBMITTER: Ebeling MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9265516 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature