Table 1.

Different functions and the cell types associated with these functions that are regulated by the RMP are shown.

Function	Cell type	Reference
Circadian rhythm	Neurones	Belle et al., 2009
	Fibroblast	Noguchi et al., 2012
Biological sensing	Neurones	Feetham et al., 2015b
Contractility	Vascular smooth muscle cells	Nelson and Quayle, 1995
	Myofibroblasts	Chilton et al., 2005
Hearing	Cochlea outer hair cells	Ashmore, 2008
Volume control	Chondrocytes	Lewis et al., 2011a
	Retinal Muller cells	Netti et al., 2017
Secretion	Pancreatic β cells	Aguilar-Bryan and Bryan, 1999; Lin et al., 2005
Proliferation	Vascular smooth muscle cells	Nelson and Quayle, 1995
	Stem cells	Messenger and Warner, 1979
	Cancer cells	Wonderlin et al., 1995
Cell cycle	T-cells	Amigorena et al., 1990
	B-cells	Neher and Sakmann, 1976
Cancer progression	Melanocytes	Chernet and Levin, 2013a,b; Blackiston et al., 2011
Migration and wound healing	Corneal epithelial cells	Reid and Zhao, 2014; Chifflet et al., 2005
	Skin keratinocytes	Nuccitelli, 2003
Pigmentation	Skin melanocytes	Bellono et al., 2013
	Uveal melanocytes	Hodgkin and Huxley, 1952b
	Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)	Cone and Tongier, 1973