VEGF is the chief cause of exudative and neovascular phenomena; its increased level is also behind the formation of drusen in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), understood as extremely complex debris consisting of cholesterol, apolipoproteins, oxidated lipoproteins, glycoproteins, crystallins, components of the extracellular matrix and serum albumin [24]. Here, ALB is linked to age-related macular degeneration.