Diet Mimicking "Fast Food" Age-Related Structural Changes to the Retina Consistent with Macular Degeneration.
Discussion/conclusion: A wild-type mouse model of metabolic syndrome fed a "fast food" diet developed changes to the retina similar to some of the pathologic features seen in AMD. Further investigations into this and similar animal models as well as further epidemiological studies are needed to more clearly define the association between metabolic syndrome and AMD.
PMID: 31735070 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Eye Research - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Roddy GW, Rosa RH, Viker KB, Holman BH, Hann CR, Krishnan A, Gores GJ, Bakri SJ, Fautsch MP Tags: Curr Eye Res Source Type: research
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