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The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) has a major role in maintaining the homeostasis and visual activity of the retina. Various pharmacological agents are known to affect the pigment epithelial cells primarily1,2 or to affect the neurosensory retina and damage the RPE secondarily3–5. When the physiological functions of the pigment epithelium are altered the overlying retina is also affected, resulting in a decrease of visual function.
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Maeda, H., Ogata, N., Yi, X., Takeuchi, M., Ohkuma, H., Uyama, M. (1998). Selective damage on retinal pigment epithelium causes photoreceptor cell death by apoptosis. In: Coscas, G., Piccolino, F.C. (eds) Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Macular Diseases. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 62. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5137-5_6
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