Iris pigment epithelial cells of long evans rats demonstrate phagocytic activity

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-29

  Rezai, Kourous A ^a,c   Lappas, Alexandra ^a   Rokh Siar, Lili Far ^a   Kohen, Leon ^b   Wiedemann, Peter ^b   Heimann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Iris pigment epithelium; Latex; Long Evans rats; Morphometric analysis; Phagocytosis; Retinal pigment epithelium; Rod outer segments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IRIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

EID: 0030825559     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0307     Document Type: Article

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