Selective retinal pigment epithelial cell lipid metabolism and remodeling conserves photoreceptor docosahexaenoic acid following phagocytosis

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-486

  Rodriguez De Turco, Elena B ^a   Parkins, Nilda ^a   Ershov, Alexey V ^a   Bazan, Nicolas G ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Retinal pigment epithelial cells; Rod outer segment phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0006725346     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990815)57:4<479::AID-JNR7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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