Credit: Credit: Davide Ortolan, Ph.D.
Using artificial intelligence, the researchers analyzed RPE from nine donor and identified five subpopulations of RPE. These populations are along a spectrum in terms of cell area, aspect ratio, hexagonality and number of neighbors. Foveal RPE (P1) required for central vision tend to be perfect hexagons and are tightly packed together. Peripheral RPE (P5) are less perfect hexagons and are more spread out.