2008
Diffusible retinal secretions regulate the expression of tight junctions and other diverse functions of the retinal pigment epithelium.
Sun R, Peng S, Chen X, Zhang H, Rizzolo LJ. Diffusible retinal secretions regulate the expression of tight junctions and other diverse functions of the retinal pigment epithelium. Molecular Vision 2008, 14: 2237-62. PMID: 19057659, PMCID: PMC2593753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAdherens JunctionsAnimalsCell MembraneCells, CulturedChick EmbryoCluster AnalysisCulture Media, ConditionedDiffusionElectric ImpedanceExtracellular MatrixGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenomeIon ChannelsKineticsMelaninsMembrane ProteinsMicrotubulesOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhagocytosisRetinal Pigment EpitheliumRNA, MessengerSubcellular FractionsTight JunctionsVisual PathwaysConceptsGene expression
1993
Apical Orientation of the Microtubule Organizing Center and Associated γ-Tubulin during the Polarization of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Vivo
Rizzolo L, Joshi H. Apical Orientation of the Microtubule Organizing Center and Associated γ-Tubulin during the Polarization of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Vivo. Developmental Biology 1993, 157: 147-156. PMID: 8482407, DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1993.1119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicrotubule arraysCell polarityEmbryonic day 3Apical membraneGamma-tubulin fociJunctional complexesSimple epithelial cellsMicrotubule organizing centerDevelopment of epitheliaCentrosomal proteinsJuxtanuclear regionΓ-tubulinUnique reorganizationBasal axisGamma-tubulinCell-basement membrane interactionsFunctional polarityMicrotubule growthMembrane interactionsOrganizing centerPrimary cell culturesCultured cellsEpithelial cellsRetinal pigment epitheliumCell cultures