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Transferrin Is Made and Bound by Photoreceptor Cells by Alberta A. Davis; Richard C. Hunt is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Transferrin Is Made and Bound by Photoreceptor Cells about?
Retinal pigment epithelial cells, which form one aspect of the blood-retinal barrier, control the access of blood-borne components such as diferric transferrin to the neural retina. It has recently been shown that RPE cells remove iron from diferric transferrin in a low pH compartment and subsequently release it in a low molecular weight form that can be chelated by apo-transferrin (Hunt and Davis: J. Cell Physiol. 152:102-110, 1992). It is now shown that photoreceptor cells can bind diferric transferrin to receptors on their inner segments. Moreover, polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization show that cells of the neural retina, particularly photoreceptors, make apo-transferrin. (c) 1993 WtIcy-Liss, Inc Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, along with the endothelial cells of the retinal capillaries, constitute the two aspects of the blood-retinal barrier (Pedersen, 1979;Smith and Rudt, 1975;Perman and Bok, 1972). Cuboidal RPE cells form a monolayer epithelium in which the adjacent cells are linked by tight junctions so that circulatory proteins cannot pass by free diffusion from the fenestrated choroidal capillaries into the neural retina; as a result, nutrients or ho
Who reads Transferrin Is Made and Bound by Photoreceptor Cells?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Alberta A. Davis; Richard C. Hunt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0021-9541)
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)