"Retinal Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A retrogressive pathological change in the retina, focal or generalized, caused by genetic defects, inflammation, trauma, vascular disease, or aging. Degeneration affecting predominantly the macula lutea of the retina is MACULAR DEGENERATION. (Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p304)
| Descriptor ID |
D012162
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.585
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| Concept/Terms |
Retinal Degeneration- Retinal Degeneration
- Degeneration, Retinal
- Degenerations, Retinal
- Retinal Degenerations
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Retinal Degeneration" by people in Profiles.
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Daniele LL, Han JYS, Samuels IS, Komirisetty R, Mehta N, McCord JL, Yu M, Wang Y, Boesze-Battaglia K, Bell BA, Du J, Peachey NS, Philp NJ. Glucose uptake by GLUT1 in photoreceptors is essential for outer segment renewal and rod photoreceptor survival. FASEB J. 2022 Aug; 36(8):e22428.
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Iijima-Ando K, Zhao L, Gatt A, Shenton C, Iijima K. A DNA damage-activated checkpoint kinase phosphorylates tau and enhances tau-induced neurodegeneration. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 May 15; 19(10):1930-8.
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Philp NJ, Ochrietor JD, Rudoy C, Muramatsu T, Linser PJ. Loss of MCT1, MCT3, and MCT4 expression in the retinal pigment epithelium and neural retina of the 5A11/basigin-null mouse. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003 Mar; 44(3):1305-11.
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Galileo DS, Hunter K, Smith SB. Stable and efficient gene transfer into the mutant retinal pigment epithelial cells of the Mitf(vit) mouse using a lentiviral vector. Curr Eye Res. 1999 Feb; 18(2):135-42.