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Melanosomes degrade lipofuscin and precursors that are derived from photoreceptor membrane turnover in the retinal pigment epithelium--an explanation for the origin of the melanolipofuscin granule
Yanan Lyu, Alexander Tschulakow, Ulrich Schraermeyer
This study shows melanin in RPE cells helps degrade lipofuscin and its precursors, reducing MLF granules in pigmented mice but not in albino mice.
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