Pigment Epithelium of Eye
"Pigment Epithelium of Eye" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The layer of pigment-containing epithelial cells in the RETINA; the CILIARY BODY; and the IRIS in the eye.
| Descriptor ID |
D010857
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.670 A10.272.640
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pigment Epithelium of Eye" by people in Profiles.
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Glycerol hypersensitivity in a Drosophila model for glycerol kinase deficiency is affected by mutations in eye pigmentation genes. PLoS One. 2012; 7(3):e31779.
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The ocular albinism type 1 protein, an intracellular G protein-coupled receptor, regulates melanosome transport in pigment cells. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Nov 15; 17(22):3487-501.
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Robust hypoxia-selective regulation of a retinal pigment epithelium-specific adeno-associated virus vector. Mol Vis. 2008 Mar 07; 14:471-80.
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Gene transfer for the treatment of neovascular ocular disease (an American Ophthalmological Society thesis). Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 2006; 104:530-60.
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The ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) gene controls melanosome maturation and size. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Dec; 46(12):4358-64.
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Mechanisms of apoptosis in human retinal pigment epithelium induced by TNF-alpha in conditions of heavy metal ion deficiency. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Mar; 46(3):1039-46.
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The microphthalmia transcription factor (Mitf) controls expression of the ocular albinism type 1 gene: link between melanin synthesis and melanosome biogenesis. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Aug; 24(15):6550-9.
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Human Schlemm's canal cells express the endothelial adherens proteins, VE-cadherin and PECAM-1. Curr Eye Res. 2002 Nov; 25(5):299-308.
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Regulation of choroid development by the retinal pigment epithelium. Mol Vis. 2001 Dec 02; 7:277-82.
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Patterning the optic neuroepithelium by FGF signaling and Ras activation. Development. 2001 Dec; 128(24):5051-60.