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Diurnal Photoreceptor Outer Segment Renewal in Mice Is Independent of Galectin-3

PURPOSE: Galectin-3 (gal-3) is a soluble glycoprotein that has been associated with diverse forms of phagocytosis, including some mediated by the engulfment receptor MerTK. Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in vivo uses MerTK (or the related Tyro3) for phagocytosis of shed outer segment fragments dur...

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Autores principales: Esposito, Nicholas J., Mazzoni, Francesca, Vargas, Jade A., Finnemann, Silvia C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7862728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33538769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.62.2.7