The lipofuscin component A2E selectively inhibits phagolysosomal degradation of photoreceptor phospholipid by the retinal pigment epithelium.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 19, 2002

Authors

Silvia C Finnemann1, Lawrence W Leung, Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

Author Affiliations

1: Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.

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