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Minocycline, a semisynthetic broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic, has been previously reported to rescue photoreceptor cell death in retinal degeneration. We examined the effect of minocycline on retinal photoreceptor degeneration using\n c-mer proto-oncogene tyrosine kinase<\/jats:italic>\n (\n Mertk)<\/jats:italic>\n \n \u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n Cx3cr1<\/jats:italic>\n \n GFP\/+<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n Ccr2<\/jats:italic>\n \n RFP\/+<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n mice, which enabled the observation of CX3CR1-green fluorescent protein (GFP)- and CCR2-red fluorescent protein (RFP)-positive macrophages by fluorescence. Retinas of\n Mertk<\/jats:italic>\n \n \u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n Cx3cr1<\/jats:italic>\n \n GFP\/+<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n Ccr2<\/jats:italic>\n \n RFP\/+<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n mice showed photoreceptor degeneration and accumulation of GFP- and RFP-positive macrophages in the outer retina and subretinal space at 6 weeks of age.\n Mertk<\/jats:italic>\n \n \u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n Cx3cr1<\/jats:italic>\n \n GFP\/+<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n Ccr2<\/jats:italic>\n \n RFP\/+<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n mice were intraperitoneally administered minocycline. The number of CCR2-RFP positive cells significantly decreased after minocycline treatment. Furthermore, minocycline administration resulted in partial reversal of the thinning of the outer nuclear layer and decreased the number of apoptotic cells, as assessed by the TUNEL assay, in\n Mertk<\/jats:italic>\n \n \u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n Cx3cr1<\/jats:italic>\n \n GFP\/+<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n Ccr2<\/jats:italic>\n \n RFP\/+<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sup>\n mice. 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