Increase in mitochondrial DNA mutations impairs retinal function and renders the retina vulnerable to injury

Yu XG Kong; Nicole Van Bergen; Ian A Trounce; Bang V Bui; Vicki Chrysostomou; Hayley Waugh; Algis Vingrys; Jonathan G Crowston

Journal article

Increase in mitochondrial DNA mutations impairs retinal function and renders the retina vulnerable to injury

Yu XG Kong, Nicole Van Bergen, Ian A Trounce, Bang V Bui, Vicki Chrysostomou, Hayley Waugh, Algis Vingrys, Jonathan G Crowston

AGING CELL | WILEY | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2011.00690.x

University of Melbourne Researchers

Nicole Van Bergen Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Ian Trounce Author Melbourne Medical School

Bang Bui Author Optometry and Vision Sciences

Algis Vingrys Author Optometry and Vision Sciences

Barry Cole Author Optometry and Vision Sciences

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council Grants (475603, JGC; 400127 BVB), Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia Grants, Glaucoma Australia Fund, Henry Greenfield Research Fund and Edols Trust Fund. Centre for Eye Research Australia receives Operational Infrastructure Support from the Victorian Government of Australia.