A rat model for retinitis pigmentosa with rapid retinal degeneration enables drug evaluation in vivo

Abstract Background Although retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is most frequently studied in mouse models, rats, rabbits, and pigs are also used as animal models of RP. However, no studies have reported postnatal photoreceptor cell loss before complete development in these models. Here, we generated a trans...

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Main Authors: Chisato Inoue, Tamaki Takeuchi, Akira Shiota, Mineo Kondo, Yuji Nshizawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Biological Procedures Online
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12575-021-00150-y