Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Health and Disease

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 RPE Histopathology and Morphometry  (Eszter Szalai, John M. Nickerson, Hans E. Grossniklaus)....Pages 3-17
 RPE Polarity and Barrier Function  (Lawrence J. Rizzolo)....Pages 19-45
 RPE Phagocytosis  (Claudia Müller, Silvia C. Finnemann)....Pages 47-63
 Ion Channels of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium  (Nadine Reichhart, Olaf Strauß)....Pages 65-84
 RPE and the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor  (Alexa Karina Klettner)....Pages 85-99
 The RPE Cell and the Immune System  (Barbara Detrick, John J. Hooks)....Pages 101-114
Front Matter ....Pages 115-115
 The RPE in Myopia Development  (Yan Zhang, Christine F. Wildsoet)....Pages 117-138
 Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Proliferative Disorders  (Willem A. Dik, Jeroen Bastiaans, Jan C. van Meurs)....Pages 139-160
 Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Age-Related Macular Degeneration  (Kai Kaarniranta, Antero Salminen, Anu Kauppinen)....Pages 161-171
 Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Health and Disease: Maturation, Aging and Age-Related Macular Degeneration  (Thomas Ach, Ioana-Sandra Tarau, Christine A. Curcio)....Pages 173-183
 Sex Related Differences in Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Retinal Disease  (Gloriane Schnabolk, Elisabeth Obert, Bärbel Rohrer)....Pages 185-201
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 RPE in SD-OCT  (Andrea Hassenstein, Carsten Grohmann)....Pages 205-232
 RPE Autofluorescence  (Stefan Dithmar, Nil Celik)....Pages 233-245
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 RPE and Stem Cell Therapy  (Heli Skottman)....Pages 249-263
 RPE and Gene Therapy  (Knut Stieger, Birgit Lorenz)....Pages 265-279
 RPE and Laser  (Claus von der Burchard, Johann Roider)....Pages 281-292
Front Matter ....Pages 293-293
 Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cell Culture  (Alexa Karina Klettner)....Pages 295-305
 Retinal Pigment Epithelium Organ Culture  (Yoko Miura)....Pages 307-324
 Animal Models of Diseases of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium  (Erica L. Fletcher, Ursula Greferath, Philipp Guennel, Mario Huynh, Quan D. Findlay, Andrew I. Jobling et al.)....Pages 325-347
Back Matter ....Pages 349-357