Editors:
- Special focus on mechanism of photoreceptor degeneration and cell death
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 613)
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Table of contents (48 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Keynote Lectures
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Neuroprotection
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Gene Therapy and Neuroprotection
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About this book
Retinal Degenerations is the result of The International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration which has become perhaps the most important research meeting in the field. The topics in this volume explore the etiology, cellular mechanisms, epidemiology, generics, models and potential therapeutic measures for the blinding diseases of retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration.
Special focus is highlighted in the areas of Mechanisms of Photoreceptor Degeneration and Cell Death (extremely important because very little is known how or why photoreceptors die in these diseases, despite an abundance of genetic information), Age-Related Macular Degeneration (with several novel approaches to its analysis), Usher Syndrome (the most severe form of retinitis pigmentosa, which includes an early of congenital loss of hearing along with blindness), and Gene Therapy. In addition, the section on Basic Science Related to Retinal Degeneration is particularly strong with several laboratories reporting on new discoveries in the area of outer segment phagocytosis, a key component of photoreceptor-retinal pigment epithelial cell interactions in normal and degenerating retinas.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This edited book is the proceedings of the symposium on Retinal Degeneration … . The purpose is to disseminate the latest research findings in the field of retinal degenerations from the symposium participants … . The book is written for scientists and trainees in the field of retinal degenerations. The editors are experts in this field and many of the chapter authors are experts in their respective areas. … This is a must-have reference for the shelf of scientists interested in retinal degeneration." (Artur V Cideciyan, Doody’s Review Service, April, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Oklahoma Health Science Ctr, Oklahoma City, USA
Robert E. Anderson
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USCF School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA
Matthew M. LaVail
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Cole Eye Institute The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
Joe G. Hollyfield
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Recent Advances In Retinal Degeneration
Editors: Robert E. Anderson, Matthew M. LaVail, Joe G. Hollyfield
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74904-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-74902-0Published: 18 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2577-0Published: 29 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-74904-4Published: 03 December 2007
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 424
Number of Illustrations: 114 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology