Answer to the Hamlet-like dilemma of lipid metabolites causing senile macular degeneration

Valeria Lo Faro

doi:10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101077

Answer to the Hamlet-like dilemma of lipid metabolites causing senile macular degeneration

Cell Rep Med. 2023 Jul 18;4(7):101077. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101077.

Author

Valeria Lo Faro¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Genomics and Neurobiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. Electronic address: valeria.lo.faro@igp.uu.se.

Abstract

In this issue of Cell Reports Medicine, Han et al.¹ conducted a multi-ancestry genetic and metabolomic analysis to investigate the causal relationships between age-related macular degeneration and plasma and urine metabolites.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Lipids
Macular Degeneration* / genetics
Macular Degeneration* / metabolism
Metabolomics

Substances

Lipids

Supplementary concepts

Macular Degeneration, Age-Related, 2