Functions and Diseases of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 The retinal pigment epithelium is a fundamental component of the retina that plays essential roles in visual functions. Damage to the structure and function of the retinal pigment epithelium leads to a variety of retinopathies, and there is currently no ...
Song Yang, Dengwen Li
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Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Simple Retina Pigment Epithelium Hamartoma
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2012 To report the spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic findings in a case of a simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium. A 55-year-old female patient with simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium was evaluated with ...
Melis Palamar Onay, Ayşe Yağcı
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Drusenoid retinal pigment epithelium detachments
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2015 The authors make a review of drusenoid retinal pigment epithelium detachments(DPDs), a form of retinal pigment epithelium detachment(PED) that evolves from confluent and large soft drusen.Drusenoidretinal pigment epithelial detachments are a recognized ...
Miguel Hage Amaro +5 more
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Retinal pigment epithelium changes in Kartagener syndrome
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2018 Purpose: We present the first case in the literature of a patient with Kartagener syndrome and ocular findings of nonexudative age-related macular degeneration. Observations: A 55-year-old woman with Kartagener syndrome and chronic angle closure glaucoma
Maria D. Garcia +4 more
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Combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium associated with optic coloboma [PDF]
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2011 Nadyr Antonia Damasceno, Eduardo F DamascenoAbstract: The authors relate an uncommon case of combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium associated with optic coloboma.Keywords: combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment ...
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Офтальмохирургия, 2023 Relevance. The retinal pigment epithelium performs a number of highly specialized functions. The relevance of studying morphological changes in the pigment epithelium is associated with an increased number of patients with age-related macular ...
R.R. Fayzrakhmanov +4 more
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Profound Re-Organization of Cell Surface Proteome in Equine Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Response to In Vitro Culturing [PDF]
, 2012 The purpose of this study was to characterize the cell surface proteome of native compared to cultured equine retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. The RPE plays an essential role in visual function and represents the outer blood-retinal barrier.
Kerstin N. Euler +25 more
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Long-term visual and microperimetry outcomes following autologous retinal pigment epithelium choroid graft for neovascular age-related macular degeneration [PDF]
, 2009 To describe the 2- to 4-year visual and microperimetry outcomes of autologous retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid graft in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).In this retrospective cohort study, 12 patients with ...
Coffey, PJ +9 more
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Treatment of large avascular retinal pigment epithelium detachments in age-related macular degeneration with aflibercept, photodynamic therapy, and triamcinolone acetonide [PDF]
, 2019 Arnt-Ole Tvenning,1,2 Christian Hedels,3 Jørgen Krohn,4,5 Dordi Austeng1,2 1Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway ...
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Early stages of retinal development depend on Sec13 function [PDF]
, 2013 ER-to-Golgi transport of proteins destined for the extracellular space or intracellular compartments depends on the COPII vesicle coat and is constitutive in all translationally active cells.
Feng, Yi +7 more
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