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Título: | Immunohistochemical localization of complement regulatory proteins in the human retina |
Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
Editorial: | F. Hernandez y JuanF. Madrid. Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología. |
Cita bibliográfica: | Histology and Histopatholgy. Volume 27, number 3 (March), 2012 |
ISSN: | 1699-5848 0213-3911 |
Materias relacionadas: | CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología |
Palabras clave: | Complement system Immunohistochemistry |
Resumen: | Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex disease. Genetic studies have found strong associations between AMD and variants of several complement pathway-associated genes. The regulation of the complement cascade seems to be critical in the pathogenesis of AMD. In 45 human donor eyes immunohistochemistry was performed using antibodies directed against major regulators of the complement system: complement factor H (CFH), decay accelerating factor (DAF/CD55), complement receptor 1 (CR1/CD35), and membrane cofactor protein (MCP/CD46). All eyes were classified in AMD and controls. 11 eyes were graded as early AMD. 34 eyes were controls. In all eyes staining was found in intercapillary pillars of choroid adjacent to Bruch’s membrane for CFH, at the basal surface of RPE cells for MCP, and at the apical side of the retinal pigment epithelium for CR1. DAF immunoreactivity was increased along the inner segments of rod and cone photoreceptor cells at the level of the external limiting membrane Labeling of soft drusen was found for CFH and CR1. In addition, DAF and CR1 showed staining of ganglion cells in all eyes. CFH and particularly MCP showed decreased or absent staining in eyes with early AMD adjacent to Bruch’s membrane. The overlapping expression of regulators at the level of Bruch’s membrane and the retinal pigment epithelium shows the importance of this site for control of the complement system. Decreased and therefore unbalanced expression of regulators, as shown in this study for CFH and MCP, may ultimately lead to AMD. |
Autor/es principal/es: | Fett, Anna L. Hermann, Manuel M. Muether, Philipp S Kirchhof, Bernd Fauser, Sascha |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10201/52408 |
Tipo de documento: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Número páginas / Extensión: | 8 |
Derechos: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Vol.27, nº 3 (2012) |
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