The Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Something More than a Constituent of the Blood-Retinal Barrier—Implications for the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy

<table>Confocal microscopy showing the expression of somatostatin (SST) in the human retina. As can be appreciated SST expression (in red) is higher in the RPE than in the neuroretina.</table>

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Figure 2: The Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Something More than a Constituent of the Blood-Retinal Barrier—Implications for the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy 

Figure 2 | The Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Something More than a Constituent of the Blood-Retinal Barrier—Implications for the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy 