Journal article

Ccl2/Cx3cr1 Knockout Mice Have Inner Retinal Dysfunction but Are Not an Accelerated Model of AMD

Kirstan A Vessey, Ursula Greferath, Andrew I Jobling, Joanna A Phipps, Tracy Ho, Michelle Waugh, Erica L Fletcher

INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE | ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10650

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Funding Acknowledgements

Supported by the NHMRC project Grants 566814 and 1021918 (ELF); by the American Health Assistance Foundation; Macular Degeneration Research grant (ELF); and a Victoria's Science Agenda grant (ELF).

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Keywords

Science & Technology
Microglial Cells
Animal-Model
Receptors, Chemokine
Disease Models, Animal
Rat Retina
Retina
Ophthalmology
Cx3c Chemokine Receptor 1
Macular Degeneration
Animals
Electroretinography
Activated Microglia
Mice, Knockout
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Accumulation
Rod
Genotype
Mice, Inbred C57bl
Mutation
Bruch Membrane
Microglia
Microscopy, Electron
Mouse
Mice
Chemokine Ccl2
Immunohistochemistry
Retinopathy
Complement Factor-H