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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
The permeability of the blood-retina barrier was tested in rats with early streptozocin-induced diabetes. Two different tracer substances were used: fluorescein sodium and horseradish peroxidase (HRP). After intravenous administration, the ocular distribution of fluorescein was studied by fluorescence microscopy of freeze-dried tissue. A permeability defect of the pigment epithelium to fluorescein was present in one half of the rats four weeks after induction of diabetes. The dye entered the pigment epithelial cells but could not be detected among the photoreceptors. The only dyd visible in neural retina was within the retinal blood vessels. For HRP, no fault whatsoever in the blood retina barrier was found: there was no increase of vesicular uptake by the pigment epithelial cells; the tight junctions between pigment epithelial cells were intact as were those between the endothelial cells of retinal blood vessels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-9950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
725-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
A permeability defect of the retinal pigment epithelium. Occurrence in early streptozocin diabetes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.