Rod-derived Cone Viability Factor (RdCVF) is a truncated thioredoxin secreted by rod photoreceptors that protects cones. Because the secondary loss of cones in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the major visual handicap of this untreatable neurodegenerative disease, the administration of RdCVF is thought...
ORGANISM(S): Gallus gallus (Chicken)