| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - esynthesis of photoreceptor outer segments, which induces metabolic stress within the outer retina and RPE. The resultant chronic ischemia and inflammation upregulates several inflammatory cytokines and growth factors, particularly vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which promote the growth of CNVM from the choriocapillaris into the sub-RPE space (type 1 CNVM), the subretinal space (type 2
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