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All-trans retinal levels and formation of lipofuscin precursors after bleaching in rod photoreceptors from wild type and Abca4-/- mice.
Experimental eye research - 1 Feb 2017
Adler Leopold, Chen Chunhe, Koutalos Yiannis
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The accumulation of lipofuscin in the cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is thought to play an important role in the development and progression of degenerative diseases of the retina. The bulk of RPE lipofuscin originates in reactions of the rhodopsin chromophore, retinal, with components of the photoreceptor outer segment. The 11-cis retinal isomer is generated in the RPE and supplied to rod...
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