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SUBMITTER: Donato L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6343708 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Donato Luigi L Scimone Concetta C Nicocia Giacomo G D'Angelo Rosalia R Sidoti Antonina A
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) 20181228 1
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a very heterogeneous inherited ocular disorder group characterized by progressive retinal disruption. Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) degeneration, due to oxidative stress which arrests the metabolic support to photoreceptors, represents one of the principal causes of RP. Here, the role of oxidative stress in RP onset and progression was analyzed by a comparative whole transcriptome analysis of human RPE cells, treated with 100 µg/ml of oxLDL and untreated, at diffe ...[more]