Subretinal mononuclear phagocytes induce cone segment loss via IL-1β

Photo-transduction in cone segments (CS) is crucial for high acuity daytime vision. For ill-defined reasons, CS degenerate in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and in the transitional zone (TZ) of atrophic zones (AZ), which characterize geographic atrophy (GA). Our experiments confirm the loss of cone segme...

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Main Authors: Chiara M Eandi, Hugo Charles Messance, Sébastien Augustin, Elisa Dominguez, Sophie Lavalette, Valérie Forster, Shulong Justin Hu, Lourdes Siquieros, Cheryl Mae Craft, José-Alain Sahel, Ramin Tadayoni, Michel Paques, Xavier Guillonneau, Florian Sennlaub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-07-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/16490