TY - JOUR
T1 - The Retinal Pigment Epithelium
T2 - I. Comparative Histology
AU - Ts'o, Mark O.M.
AU - Friedman, Ephraim
PY - 1967/11
Y1 - 1967/11
N2 - The comparative histology of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) of the following species was studied by examining bleached flat preparations and cross sections of the cells: human, monkey, rat, rabbit, sheep, cow, dog, and chicken. The variations noted among the cells of the different species involved cell size, nuclear size, number of nuclei per cell, and the distribution of pigment granules within the cells. The majority of the retinal pigment epithelial cells of the rat and rabbit were binucleate; binucleate RPE cells were common in primate eyes and were noted occasionally in other species. Normal and abnormal mitotic figures were observed in the retinal pigment epithelium of two apparently normal adult albino rats.
AB - The comparative histology of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) of the following species was studied by examining bleached flat preparations and cross sections of the cells: human, monkey, rat, rabbit, sheep, cow, dog, and chicken. The variations noted among the cells of the different species involved cell size, nuclear size, number of nuclei per cell, and the distribution of pigment granules within the cells. The majority of the retinal pigment epithelial cells of the rat and rabbit were binucleate; binucleate RPE cells were common in primate eyes and were noted occasionally in other species. Normal and abnormal mitotic figures were observed in the retinal pigment epithelium of two apparently normal adult albino rats.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1967.00980030643016
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1967.00980030643016
M3 - Article
C2 - 4963693
AN - SCOPUS:0014145515
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 78
SP - 641
EP - 649
JO - Archives of ophthalmology
JF - Archives of ophthalmology
IS - 5
ER -