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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
SUBMITTER: kerwin chiang
LAB HEAD: Daniel Figeys
PROVIDER: PXD006125 | Pride | 2017-10-27
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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Chiang Cheng-Kang CK Tworak Aleksander A Kevany Brian M BM Xu Bo B Mayne Janice J Ning Zhibin Z Figeys Daniel D Palczewski Krzysztof K
The Journal of biological chemistry 20171004 48
One of the major biological functions of the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) is the clearance of shed photoreceptor outer segments (POS) through a multistep process resembling phagocytosis. RPE phagocytosis helps maintain the viability of photoreceptors that otherwise could succumb to the high metabolic flux and photo-oxidative stress associated with visual processing. The regulatory mechanisms underlying phagocytosis in the RPE are not fully understood, although dysfunction of this process c ...[more]