The Effects of Growth Factors on Multicellular Spheroids Formed by Chick Embryonic Retinal Cells

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 251-260

  Matsuo, Toshihiko ^a   Takabatake, Mayumi ^a   Matsuo, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Growth factors; Multicellular spheroids; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 0031253088     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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