Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Health and Disease

Written by experts at the forefront of Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) research
Contain contemporary state-of-the-art knowledge, as well relevant new findings
Provides an up-to-date compendium for RPE and includes experimental models specific for RPE

Written by experts at the forefront of Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) research Contain contemporary state-of-the-art knowledge, as well relevant new findings Provides an up-to-date compendium for RPE and includes experimental models specific for RPE

Autorentext

Professor Alexa Klettner is head of laboratories at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Kiel and professor of experimental retinology at the Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, Germany.

Professor Stefan Dithmar is Director and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, HSK, Wiesbaden, University of Mainz, Germany.

Inhalt

I. Physiological RPE function.- 1. RPE Histopathology and Morphometry.- 2. RPE Polarity and Barrier Functions.- 3. RPE Phagocytosis.- 4. Ion Channels of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium.- 5. RPE and the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor.- 6. The RPE cell and the Immune system.- II.The RPE in Disease.- 7. The RPE in Myopia development.- 8. Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Proliferative Disorders.- 9. Retinal pigment epithelium in health and disease: maturation, aging and age-related macular degeneration.- 10. Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Age-related Macular Degeneration.- 11. Sex Related Differences in Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Retinal Disease.- III. The RPE in Diagnostics.- 12. RPE in Optical Coherence Tomography.- 13. RPE Autofluorescence.- IV. The RPE in Therapy.- 14. RPE and Stem Cell Therapy.- 15. RPE in Gene Therapy.- 16. RPE and Laser.- V. Experimental RPE Models.- 17. RPE Cell Culture.- 18. Retinal Pigment Epithelium Organ Culture.- 19. Animal Models of Diseasesof the Retinal Pigment Epithelium.