Hwang IK, Yoo KY, Kim DS, Jung JY, Shin MC, Seo K, Kim KS, Kang TC, Won MH. Comparative Study on Calretinin Immunoreactivity in Gerbil and Rat Retina.
Anat Histol Embryol 2005;
34:129-31. [PMID:
15771676 DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0264.2004.00583.x]
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Abstract
Expression of calretinin in retina has been ascribed to multiple biological and functional aspects in the visual system. In this study, we examined the distribution patterns of calretinin immunoreactivity in gerbil and rat retina. In the gerbil, calretinin immunoreactivity was present in bipolar and amacrine cells of the inner nuclear layer and in neurones of the ganglion cell layer. In the rat, amacrine and ganglion cells showed calretinin immunoreactivity, but bipolar cells did not contain calretinin immunoreactivity. In both species, calretinin immunoreactivity was absent in cones, cone bipolars, and horizontal cells. In conclusion, gerbil as well as rat has a rod-dominant retina. The differences in calretinin expression between rat and gerbil require further investigations under various functional and developmental conditions.
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