"Rhodopsin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A purplish-red, light-sensitive pigment found in RETINAL ROD CELLS of most vertebrates. It is a complex consisting of a molecule of ROD OPSIN and a molecule of 11-cis retinal (RETINALDEHYDE). Rhodopsin exhibits peak absorption wavelength at about 500 nm.
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D012243
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.695.955 D23.767.930.750.500.500
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhodopsin" by people in Profiles.
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Downregulation of rhodopsin is an effective therapeutic strategy in ameliorating peripherin-2-associated inherited retinal disorders. Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 04; 15(1):4756.
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Syntaxin 3 is essential for photoreceptor outer segment protein trafficking and survival. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 08 25; 117(34):20615-20624.
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Phenotypic characterization of P23H and S334ter rhodopsin transgenic rat models of inherited retinal degeneration. Exp Eye Res. 2018 02; 167:56-90.
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Role of RDS and Rhodopsin in Cngb1-Related Retinal Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Mar; 57(3):787-97.