Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

PURPOSE: Dendritic cells (DCs) are innate immune cells that have recently been shown to support angiogenesis in tumors, endometriosis, and lymph nodes. A major cause of legal blindness is wet age-related macular degeneration (wet ARMD), whe…

PURPOSE: Angiogenesis, the formation of new capillary blood vessels, is an essential biological process under physiological conditions, including embryonic development, reproduction, and wound repair. Under pathologic conditions, this proce…