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Retinal detachment results in the early activation of stress-response genes and specific signaling pathways. This adaptive response may enable the photoreceptor cells to survive the acute phase of a retinal detachment, and it is the breakdown of these protective mechanisms in chronic disease that leads to the ultimate death of the cell.
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