pigmented layer of retina or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is the pigmented cell layer just outside the neurosensory retina that nourishes retinal...

the vertebrate retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Although their photoreceptors contain a protein, retinochrome, that recycles retinal and replicates one...

sensory retina from the retinal pigment epithelium.[citation needed] Combined traction-rhegmatogenous A small number of retinal detachments result from...

Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) is a harmless, pigmented fundus lesion that can be of various forms: solitary, grouped...

There are several functions of the retinal pigment epithelium. One of the main functions of the retinal pigment epithelium is to minimize oxidative stress...

the development of (1) a mottled appearance of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) that gives the same visual appearance of bone spicule patterns...

extracellular material that build up between Bruch's membrane and the retinal pigment epithelium of the eye. The presence of a few small ("hard") drusen is normal...

result in the progressive and irreversible loss of retinal tissue (photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, choriocapillaris) which can lead to a loss of...

epidermis and the retinal pigment epithelium. In healthy subjects, epidermal melanin is correlated with UV exposure, while retinal melanin has been found...

neural retinal structures. Central progressive retinal atrophy (CPRA) is a different disease from PRA involving the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE),...

Retinal pigment epithelium-specific 65 kDa protein (also known as RPE65) is a retinoid isomerohydrolase enzyme of the vertebrate visual cycle. RPE65 is...

there are defects in the retinal pigment epithelium without accumulation of fluid below the retina, a pachychoroid pigment epitheliopathy (PPE) is present...

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the pigmented ciliary epithelium. The ciliary epithelia represent the anterior continuation of the multilayered retina, whose retinal pigmented epithelium...

placed between the outer retinal layer and the retinal pigment epithelium. Epiretinal implants are placed on top of the retinal surface, above the nerve...

opsin groups of different species. RPE, retinal pigment epithelium; ipRGC, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells; OPL, outer plexiform layer;...

described a pigmented lesion in 1901, and Forster, who described subretinal neovascularization in 1862. It occurs due to proliferation of retinal pigment epithelium...

and 7 occur in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. When a photon is absorbed, 11-cis-retinal is transformed to all-trans-retinal, and it moves to...

and/or retinal pigment epithelium cells for this conversion. The two isoforms of melanopsin differ in their spectral sensitivity, for the 11-cis-retinal isoform...

from the pigment cells that reside within the uvea and give color to the eye. These melanocytes are distinct from the retinal pigment epithelium cells underlying...

occur in rod cell outer segments; Steps 1, 2, and 7 occur in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. RPE65 isomerohydrolases are homologous with beta-carotene...

This whitening is indicative of cell damage, which occurs in the retinal pigment epithelium and outer segment layer of photoreceptors. Damage to the outer...

endothelium of capillaries of the retina and iris, ciliary epithelium and retinal pigment epithelium. It is a physical barrier between the local blood vessels...

group was studying human retinal cell development by identifying secreted factors produced by the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE), a layer of cells...

Mendelian type X-linked recessive disorder wherein the retinal pigment epithelium lacks pigment while hair and skin appear normal. Since it is usually...

of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), photoreceptors and the choroid. As of 2019, there is no treatment for choroideremia; however, retinal gene therapy...

sight loss. It is characterised by changes in pigmentation in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium, the appearance of drusen on the retina of the eye and choroidal...

Rhodopsin pigment must be regenerated for further phototransduction to occur. This means replacing all-trans-retinal with 11-cis-retinal and the decay...

layer underneath the macula, the choroid, damage to the retinal pigment epithelium and the retinal photoreceptor cells ensues. This leads to impaired vision...

affect vision, and there were no signs of reduced pigment on the retina or retinal pigment epithelium. TE1/TE1 or TE1/TE2: Yellow, amber, or bright orange...