The phagolysosomal system of the pigment epithelium. A key to retinal disease.
D000818:Animals; D004848:Epithelium; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D051381:Rats; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000209:etiology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000209:etiology