SEATTLE — In this video, Eleonora M. Lad, MD, PhD, vice chair of ophthalmology clinical research at Duke Health, continues to discuss highlights from the ARVO annual meeting.
Lad focuses on the importance of the collaborative nature of the MACUSTAR project in Europe before discussing advancements in understanding of choroidal macrophages.
Certain choroidal macrophages were found to be depleted in patients with age-related macular degeneration, Lad said.
“They’re shown to play a critical role. It’s a unique population that might be implicated in lipid metabolism and