vision/eye
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• despite loss of retinal pigment epithelia in tamoxifen treated mice, the retinal pigment epithelial barrier function is maintained and retinal vasculature is normal
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• loss of retinal pigment epithelium in tamoxifen treated mice is compensated by increased size of neighboring cells without loss of cell thickness preventing gaps in the epithelium
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• 6 days after tamoxifen treatment, retinal pigment cells become round and are exuded from the retina
• 2 weeks after tamoxifen treatment, retinal pigment cells are enlarged and irregularly shaped with clumps of extruding cells
• 14 days after tamoxifen treatment the retinal pigment cells are reduced 68% compared to in mice lacking the cre transgene
• however, loss of retinal pigment cells is stabilized between day 14 and 6 months
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retina fold
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J:154671
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• following tamoxifen treatment, mice develop variable retinal folds termed rossetting unlike wild-type mice
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• under scotopic conditions at 6 weeks and 6 months, tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit decreased a and b wave amplitudes compared with wild-type mice
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pigmentation
• loss of retinal pigment epithelium in tamoxifen treated mice is compensated by increased size of neighboring cells without loss of cell thickness preventing gaps in the epithelium
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• 6 days after tamoxifen treatment, retinal pigment cells become round and are exuded from the retina
• 2 weeks after tamoxifen treatment, retinal pigment cells are enlarged and irregularly shaped with clumps of extruding cells
• 14 days after tamoxifen treatment the retinal pigment cells are reduced 68% compared to in mice lacking the cre transgene
• however, loss of retinal pigment cells is stabilized between day 14 and 6 months
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