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Macrophages or retinal pigment epithelium expressing macrophage markers in age-related macular degeneration? Comment on Lad et al. 2015

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, EyeSight Foundation of Alabama Vision Research Laboratories, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 1670 University Boulevard Room 360, Birmingham, AL, 35294-0099, USA

    Christine A. Curcio

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Thomas Ach

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National Institutes of Health grant R01 EY06109 to CAC with institutional support from the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama and Research to Prevent Blindness Inc to the Department of Ophthalmology at UAB. Acquisition of donor eyes was additionally supported by International Retinal Research Foundation, National Eye Institute P30 EY003039, and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Initiative for Macular Research. The Project MACULA website for AMD histology was additionally supported by the Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation and the International Retinal Research Foundation. TA is supported by DFG (German Research Foundation) AC265/1-1, AC265/2-1.

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Curcio, C.A., Ach, T. Macrophages or retinal pigment epithelium expressing macrophage markers in age-related macular degeneration? Comment on Lad et al. 2015. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 254, 1237–1238 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-016-3300-7

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