Research Article

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Transmitochondrial Cybrids Protected from Cellular Damage and Death by Human Retinal Progenitor Cells (hRPCs)

Table 1

Demographics of the AMD and normal cybrids used in the cellular viability and gene expression experiments.

AMDNormal
CybridHaplogroupAgeSexEthnicityCybridHaplogroupAgeSexEthnicity

14.139H17b81FCaucasian14.132H3an78MCaucasian
14.141H11a2a182FCaucasian14.135H75FCaucasian
14.144H14a286FCaucasian17.193H89MCaucasian
14.146H7c675FCaucasian
15.155H5a176MCaucasian

Cybrids listed in AMD and normal groups of similar mtDNA haplogroup, age, and ethnicity were used for the experiments. The average ages of AMD compared to normal cybrids are not significantly different, .