Taurine uptake by human retinal pigment epithelium: Implications for the transport of small solutes between the choroid and the outer retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4529-4534

  Hillenkamp, Jost ^a   Hussain, Ali A ^a   Jackson, Timothy L ^a   Cunningham, Joanna R ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHOROID; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RETINA; SOLUTE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOROID; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; TAURINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9444249961     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0919     Document Type: Article

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