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CHANGES IN ULTRASTRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE SHEEP PIGMENT EPITHELIUM AND RETINA INDUCED BY SODIUM IODATE 1
Author(s) -
NILSSON SVEN ERIK G.,
KNAVE BENGT,
PERSSON HANS E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1977.tb05681.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , organelle , retina , pigment , phagosome , retinal pigment epithelium , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , epithelium , lipid droplet , biophysics , biology , phagocytosis , anatomy , neuroscience , genetics , organic chemistry
The normal ultrastructure of the sheep pigment epithelial cells is described as a basis for the interpretation of toxic (sodium iodate) effects on these cells dealt with in two following papers. The morphological features of the different cell membranes and cell organelles, particularly the phagosomes and the lipid droplets, are discussed in relation to renewal of the photoreceptor outer segment, pigment epithelial and retinal metabolism, barrier mechanisms and electrical properties.