Example sentences for: rpe
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The samples were purified with the RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen) per manufacturer's RNA cleanup protocol, except with an additional 500 μL wash with buffer RPE.
RPE cells express all three forms of PPARs but PPARβ is the dominant isoform [ 24 ] . There is a 10-fold induction of PPARγ mRNA that reaches a peak at 4-hour after phagocytosis of photoreceptor outer segments.
A separate set of experiments also indicated that treatment of primary human RPE cells with 1 mM H 2 O 2 for 24 hours did not induce PPARγ protein expression over the control levels (results not shown).
For example, levels of 4-HNE increased significantly in the vitreous of patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy compared with controls [ 17 ] . Further, 4-HNE forms a stable adduct with rhodopsin in the photoreceptor, which may interfere with its functions [ 18 ] . 4-HNE even causes cataracts in cultured rat lens [ 19 20 ] . Whether oxidative stress on RPE can cause accumulation of cellular HNE-protein adducts remains unknown.
Human primary RPE cultures were established from donor eyes obtained from the Arkansas Lions Eye Bank & Laboratory.
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