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Connections between the sensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium
Author(s) -
Nicolaissen Bjørn
Publication year - 1985
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.1755-3768.1985.tb05218.x
Subject(s) - retinal pigment epithelium , retina , epithelium , phagocytosis , retinal , biology , sensory system , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , neuroscience , botany , genetics
. The study reports on the presence of connections between the visual receptor outer segments and the apical villi on the retinal pigment epithelium in the human eye. The mechanisms underlying sensory retinal adhesion to the pigment epithelium, recognition and attachment of visual receptor outer segments to the pigment epithelium during phagocytosis, and communication and transport of substances between the two layers of retina have been difficult to define, and molecular connections between the two layers of retina could play an important role in these processes.