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CNTF Induces Regeneration of Cone Outer Segments in a Rat Model of Retinal Degeneration

BACKGROUND: Cone photoreceptors are responsible for color and central vision. In the late stage of retinitis pigmentosa and in geographic atrophy associated with age-related macular degeneration, cone degeneration eventually causes loss of central vision. In the present work, we investigated cone de...

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Autores principales: Li, Yiwen, Tao, Weng, Luo, Lingyu, Huang, Deqiang, Kauper, Konrad, Stabila, Paul, LaVail, Matthew M., Laties, Alan M., Wen, Rong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20209167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009495