Research Article
N-Acetyl-L-cysteine Protects Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells from Oxidative Damage: Implications for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Table 1
Donor characteristics and clinical information.
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ABI: anoxic brain injury; ACE: acute cardiac event; ALS: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; CHF: congestive heart failure; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ESLD: end-stage liver disease; ESRD: end-stage renal disease; MI: myocardial infarction. Information supplied by Lions Gift of Sight (St. Paul, MN). Minnesota Grading System (MGS) was used to evaluate the stage of AMD in eye bank eyes (Olsen and Feng [21]). No AMD: MGS1; AMD: MGS 2, 3, or 4. Sample number indicates the total donors with or without AMD used in the current study. Age of donors is significantly different between No AMD and AMD groups () by -test analysis. The time from death to harvesting in hours. The number of donors for each cause of death is indicated in parentheses. |