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Proline provides a nitrogen source in the retinal pigment epithelium to synthesize and export amino acids for the neural retina

It is known that metabolic defects in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) can cause degeneration of its neighboring photoreceptors in the retina, leading to retinal degenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. However, how RPE metabolism supports the health of the neural retina r...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Siyan, Xu, Rong, Engel, Abbi L., Wang, Yekai, McNeel, Rachel, Hurley, James B., Chao, Jennifer R., Du, Jianhai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10616405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37741457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105275