Late Outgrowth Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Abstract

An OEC population was isolated and expanded from the blood of elderly control and AMD-affected patients and demonstrated significantly higher number of initial OEC clusters and expansion potential of OECs in patients at risk for or already affected by nvAMD. OECs may be used for further phenotypic, genetic, and functional analyses in patients with nvAMD.