Retinal remodeling in human retinitis pigmentosa

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 149-165

  Jones, B W ^a   Pfeiffer, R L ^a   Ferrell, W D ^a   Watt, C B ^a   Marmor, M ^b   Marc, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Bipolar cell; Computational molecular phenotyping (CMP); Cone photoreceptor; Ganglion cell; M ller cell; Neural remodeling; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE); Retinal remodeling; Retinitis pigmentosa (RP); Rod photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DEATH; COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR PHENOTYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPIO ANUBIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINAL NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VERTEBRATE PHOTORECEPTOR CELL;

HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 84962696451     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2016.03.018     Document Type: Review

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