C3 Expression Occurs in Context of Photoreceptor Degeneration (IMAGE)

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C3 Expression Occurs in Context of Photoreceptor Degeneration

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Retinal sections are shown from a patient with retinitis pigmentosa. Within the degenerating photoreceptor layer (blue), multiple microglia (green) are observed, having likely migrated into the photoreceptor layer upon the onset of degeneration. Inset shows microglia in the photoreceptor layer express C3 (red), indicating that C3-expression among microglia occurs in the context of photoreceptor degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa.

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Wai Wong, M.D., Ph.D.

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