The role of Müller cells in tractional macular disorders: an optical coherence tomography study and physical model of mechanical force transmission

Abstract

Parafoveal Müller cells in the Henle fibre layer may guarantee structural stability of the parafovea by increasing retinal compliance and resistance to mechanical stress. Small values of the angle θ were related to worse BCVA possibly due to damage to Müller cell processes and photoreceptor's axons.