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Vitamin B1 (thiamine) uptake by human retinal pigment epithelial (ARPE-19) cells: mechanism and regulation.
The Journal of physiology - 1 Jul 2007
Subramanian Veedamali S, Mohammed Zainab M, Molina Andres, Marchant Jonathan S, Vaziri Nosratola D, Said Hamid M
Abstract excerpt
Retinal abnormality and visual disturbances occur in thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anaemia (TRMA), an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the human thiamine transporter-1 (hTHTR-1). Human retinal pigment epithelial cells play a pivotal role in supplying thiamine to the highly metabolically active retina but nothing is known about the mechanism, regulation or biological processes involved in...
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