Choroidal Neovascularization Is Inhibited in Splenic-Denervated or Splenectomized Mice with a Concomitant Decrease in Intraocular Macrophage

• Xue Tan,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Katsuhito Fujiu,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Ubiquitous Health Informatics, School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ichiro Manabe,

  Affiliation Department of Aging Research, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan

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• Junko Nishida,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Reiko Yamagishi,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuya Terashima,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kouji Matsushima,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshikatsu Kaburaki,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ryozo Nagai,

  Affiliation Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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• Yasuo Yanagi

  * E-mail: yanagi-tky@umin.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Medical Retina Department, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, Duke-NUS (National University of Singapore) Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

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