Zinc deficiency leads to lipofuscin accumulation in the retinal pigment epithelium of pigmented rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Julien, Sylvie ^a   Biesemeier, Antje ^a   Kokkinou, Despina ^a   Eibl, Oliver ^b   Schraermeyer, Ulrich ^a  

^a Institute for Ophthalmic Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY MICROANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG EVANS RAT; MACROPHAGE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RAT; X RAY MICROANALYSIS; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOFUSCIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; ZINC;

EID: 84055207521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029245     Document Type: Article

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