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Inner Blood-Retinal Barrier Regulation in Retinopathies

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Retinal Degenerative Diseases

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 1185))

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The neural retina is protected from the blood circulation by the presence of a highly selective inner blood-retinal barrier (iBRB). The presence of sophisticated tight junctions (TJs) between the endothelial cells (ECs) of the iBRB helps mediate the very low passive permeability of the tissue, permitting entry of nutrients into the retina but excluding harmful toxic material and inflammatory cells. The most highly enriched TJ protein is claudin-5, which is critical in mediating the passive paracellular diffusion barrier properties of the iBRB. In numerous retinal degeneration pathologies, TJ disruption is observed, and a more refined understanding of this disruption could be used for therapeutic benefit.

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  1. Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Lincoln Place Gate, Dublin, Ireland

    Natalie Hudson & Matthew Campbell

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Catherine Bowes Rickman

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Christian Grimm

  3. Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Robert E. Anderson

  4. Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    John D. Ash

  5. Beckman Vision Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Fancisco, CA, USA

    Matthew M. LaVail

  6. Department of Ophthalmology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Joe G. Hollyfield

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Hudson, N., Campbell, M. (2019). Inner Blood-Retinal Barrier Regulation in Retinopathies. In: Bowes Rickman, C., Grimm, C., Anderson, R., Ash, J., LaVail, M., Hollyfield, J. (eds) Retinal Degenerative Diseases. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1185. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27378-1_54

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