Lipofuscin formation in cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells exposed to photoreceptor outer segment material under different oxygen concentrations

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-271

  Wihlmark, Ulf ^a   Wrigstad, Anders ^a   Roberg, Karin ^a   Brunk, Ulf T ^a   Nilsson, Sven Erik G ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Cell culture; Lipid proxidation; Lipofuscin; Lysosomes; Oxygen radicals; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029885437     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb00716.x     Document Type: Article

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