Pigmented epithelium sustains cell proliferation and decreases expression of opsins and acetylcholinesterase in reaggregated chicken retinospheroids

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1795-1803

  Layer, Paul G ^a   Rothermel, Andrée ^a   Hering, Heike ^a   Wolf, Birgit ^a   DeGrip, Willem J ^b   Hicks, David ^c   Willbold, Elmar ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; Neuronal networks; Photoreceptors; Retinal dystrophies; Retinal pigmented epithelium

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BROXURIDINE; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; NERVE REGENERATION; OPSIN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA;

EID: 0030966308     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb00746.x     Document Type: Article

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