Retinal Pigments

Known as: Retinal Pigments [Chemical/Ingredient], Photoreceptor Pigments, Retinal, Pigments, Retinal Photoreceptor 
Photosensitive protein complexes of varied light absorption properties which are expressed in the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. They are OPSINS conjugated… (More)
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium in patients with age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's macular dystrophy: follow-up of two open-label phase 1/2 studies
BACKGROUND Since they were first derived more than three decades ago, embryonic stem cells have been proposed as a source of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into functional retinal pigment epithelium cells.
Dysfunction and loss of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) leads to degeneration of photoreceptors in age-related macular… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The retinal conformation and its environment in rhodopsin in light of a new 2.2 A crystal structure.
A new high-resolution structure is reported for bovine rhodopsin, the visual pigment in rod photoreceptor cells. Substantial… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells: architecture, projections, and intrinsic photosensitivity.
The primary circadian pacemaker, in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the mammalian brain, is photoentrained by light signals… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
In search of the visual pigment template.
Absorbance spectra were recorded by microspectrophotometry from 39 different rod and cone types representing amphibians. reptiles… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Mutation of the receptor tyrosine kinase gene Mertk in the retinal dystrophic RCS rat.
Vertebrate photoreceptor cells are the basic sensory apparatus of the retina, capable of converting the energy of absorbed… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Rpe65 is necessary for production of 11-cis-vitamin A in the retinal visual cycle
Mutation of RPE65 can cause severe blindness from birth or early childhood, and RPE65 protein is associated with retinal pigment… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Transdifferentiated retinal pigment epithelial cells are immunoreactive for vascular endothelial growth factor in surgically excised age-related macular degeneration-related choroidal neovascular…
PURPOSE To determine the cellular origin and the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) immunoreactivity of the nonvascular… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
In vivo fluorescence of the ocular fundus exhibits retinal pigment epithelium lipofuscin characteristics.
PURPOSE To characterize the intrinsic fluorescence (autofluorescence) of the human ocular fundus with regard to its excitation… (More)
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Photoreceptor degeneration in inherited retinal dystrophy delayed by basic fibroblast growth factor
NUMEROUS inherited retinal degenerations exist in animals and humans, in which photoreceptors inexplicably degenerate and… (More)
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