ReviewProgress in retinal and eye research2020
The cell biology of the retinal pigment epithelium.
Review in Progress in retinal and eye research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 245 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
245 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 401 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ferroptosis in eye diseases: a systematic review.Eye (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Recent Advances in Proteomics-Based Approaches to Studying Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Supramolecular Nrf2-activating peptide nanotherapeutics enable deep retinal penetration and RPE targeting for dry age-related macular degeneration.Materials today. Bio · 2026Article
- Putative mechanisms of ocular inflammation in syphilis.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2026Review
- A Rare De Novo Missense Mutation in IFT122 Confers a Genetic Susceptibility Factor of Idiopathic Pediatric Uveitis Via Trio-based Whole-Exome Sequencing.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- FASN mediates crosstalk between autophagy and lipid metabolism via the AMPK-MTOR pathway in early age-related macular degeneration.Autophagy · 2026Article
- Lipid-driven membrane remodeling engages a lysosome-dependent adaptive repair program during retinal aging.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2026Article
- 3D epigenomic landscape of the human retinal pigment epithelium.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Off-Target Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) Expression of Cre in the Rhodopsin-iCre75 Mouse Line.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Protocol for purifying iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells by sequential digestion and intrinsic autofluorescence sorting.STAR protocols · 2026Article
- Pomegranate peel extract alleviates diabetic retinopathy by suppressing the PI3K/AKT/HIF-1α/VEGF pathway and gut microbiota modulation.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- Toward Organelle Motility as a Functional Biomarker of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Health.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Article
- Loss of ATRAID in Late-Onset, Non-Syndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in the retinal pigment epithelium and its association with outer retinal disease.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026Review
- PIKfyve preserves endolysosomal function in photoreceptors and RPE cells to maintain retinal integrity.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Vitamin A Modulates AHR Signaling and Restricts Zika Virus Replication in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells: Insights from Molecular Modeling and Antiviral Assays.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prominin-1 and Retinal Degenerative Disorders: Expanding the Biology from Photoreceptors to the Retinal Pigment Epithelium.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Effects of HO-1 on the Integrity of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Regulating Axial Elongation in Experimental Myopia.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Adam9-deficient retinal pigment epithelium pseudopods maintain photoreceptor outer segment renewal despite subretinal space expansion.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- Advances in retinal pigment epithelium transplantation for age-related macular degeneration: bridging biology to therapeutic frontiers.Stem cell research & therapy · 2026Review
185 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a monolayer of post-mitotic polarized epithelial cells, strategically situated between the photoreceptors and the choroid, is the primary caretaker of photoreceptor health and function. Dysfunction of the RPE underlies many inherited and acquired diseases that cause permanent blindness. Decades of research have yielded valuable insight into the cell biology of the RPE. In recent years, new technologies such as live-cell imaging have resulted in major advancement in our understanding of areas such as the daily phagocytosis and clearance of photoreceptor outer segment tips, autophagy, endolysosome function, and the metabolic interplay between the RPE and photoreceptors. In this review, we aim to integrate these studies with an emphasis on appropriate models and techniques to investigate RPE cell biology and metabolism, and discuss how RPE cell biology informs our understanding of retinal disease.
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