Further, the RNA extracted by impression cytology showed that both the nAMD and PCV groups had significantly higher GABARAPL1 and MAP1LC3B mRNA levels than the controls, but there was no significant difference between the AMD and PCV groups (nAMD vs. control p = 0.02; PCV vs. control p = 0.01; nAMD vs. PCV p = 0.70) (Figure 1B). Here, MAP1LC3B is linked to age-related macular degeneration.