title: Phagocytosis in the choroidal endothelium of the ischaemic rabbit eye.
abstract: Phagosomes containing membranous debris were found in the choroidal endothelium of rabbits following periods of acute pressure ischaemia and also accompanying periods of post-ischaemic recovery. The membranous debris may be of visual cell origin and pass into the choroid by a transpigment epithelial route. Ischaemia may be a sufficient stimulus to induce the vascular endothelium to engulf this material. The phagosomes were found only in ischaemic or post-ischaemic tissue.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011817:Rabbits; D013997:Time Factors