Laser induced phagocytosis in the pigment epithelium of the Hunter dystrophic rat.
The retinae of 14-day-old Hunter dystrophic rats have been subjected to low-energy irradiation by a pulsed ruby laser. Fifteen days after exposure, pigment epithelial cells had proliferated and repopulated the irradiated areas. In all such areas the subretinal photoreceptor debris had been reduced or lost.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D007834:Lasers; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000503:physiopathology*
D000135:Acid Phosphatase