Inflammation and retinal disease
Subtitle: complement biology and pathology
By: John D. Lambris, Anthony P. Adamis, editors
Contributors: Aegean Conferences; Conference on Inflammation and Retinal Disease: Complement Biology and Pathology (1st : 2007 : Crete, Greece)
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 703; Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 703.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781441956347; 9781441956354
Subjects: Eye; Diseases; Retina; Congresses; Inflammation; Eye Diseases; Complement (Immunology); Complement System Proteins
Notes: Topics discussed at the First Aegean Conferences Conference on Inflammation and Retinal Disease: Complement Biology and Pathology (June 10-17, 2007) in Crete, Greece--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The case for complement and inflammation in AMD : open questions / Natalia Karagianni and Anthony P. Adamis; title: The role of complement in AMD / Peter F. Zipfel, Nadine Lauer, and Christine Skerka; title: Multiple interactions of complement factor H with its ligands in solution : a progress report / Stephen J. Perkins ... [et al.]; title: Genetic control of complement activation in humans and age related macular degeneration / Laura A. Hecker and Albert O. Edwards; title: Bisretinoids of RPE lipofuscin : trigger for complement activation in age-related macular degeneration / Janet R. Sparrow; title: The role of the classical complement cascade in synapse loss during development and glaucoma / Allison M. Rosen and Beth Stevens; title: A role for complement in glaucoma? / Lizhen Ren and John Danias; title: The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCA4 : structural and functional properties and role in retinal disease / Yaroslav Tsybovsky, Robert S. Molday, and Krzysztof Palczewski; title: Suppression of drusen formatino by compstatin, a peptide inhibitor of complement C3 activation, on cynomolgus monkey with early-onset macular degereration / Zai-Long Chi ... [et al.]; title: A targeted inhibitor of the complement alternative pathway reduces RPE injury and angiogenesis in models of age-related macular degeneration / Bärbel Rohrer ... [et al.]; title: Complement depletion with humanized cobra venom factor in a mouse model of age-related macular degeneration / David C. Fritzinger ... [et al.]