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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Targeting Lysosomal Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Ana S Falcão, Margarida L Pedro, Sandra Tenreiro, Miguel C Seabra

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ana S FalcãoiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School (NMS), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4491-7457
Margarida L PedroiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School (NMS), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.
Sandra TenreiroiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School (NMS), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7272-5842
Miguel C SeabraiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School (NMS), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6404-4892

Funding

CaixaBank NASCENT HR22-00569Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Research Unit UID/04462 and Associated Laboratory LS4FUTURE (LA/P/0087/2020)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in the Western world, and it currently lacks effective therapy. It is believed that AMD initiates in the aged retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), which presents lysosomal dysfunction and oxidative stress (OxS) that ultimately leads to RPE damage and AMD progression. AMD is a complex pathology, so multitarget treatments are required to act on different pathways, presenting several challenges. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge on the pathogenesis of this disease, focusing mainly on lysosomal dysfunction and OxS. Because transcription factors regulate homeostasis, the transcription factor EB (TFEB), which controls lysosomal function and biogenesis, and the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2), which manages OxS, have been proposed as promising targets for disease intervention. Finally, we discuss the interplay of these pathways for a potential synergistic effect on AMD-targeted therapies, as they could change the course of today's available treatments for AMD.

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age-related macular degenerationlysosomal dysfunctionNRF2oxidative stressretinal pigment epitheliumTFEB/mTORC1 axis

Identifiers

PMID40427478
PMCPMC12108406

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