pharmacological potential of glycosaminoglycans
The Shiley Eye Institute, Annual Report 2024
Cover: A scanning electron micrograph of a drusen (yellow) in patient with early AMD.
2nd Page: Drusen form in an extracellular matrix known as Bruch’s membrane (blue) that separates the retinal pigmented epithelium (pigmented cells, top) from the choroidal vasculature (red, bottom) Image by Christopher Toomey, MD, PhD.
Extracellular lipoprotein aggregation is a critical event in AMD pathogenesis. In this study, we sought to analyze associations between clinical and genetic-based factors related to lipoprotein metabolism and risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the All of Us research program.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0161642025000028?via%3Dihub
Kamalu Park, undergraduate student in the Toomey lab, was awarded the GLOW (GLycoscience Of Women’s health) scholarship to attend the San Diego Glycobiology Symposium 2024.