Phagocytosis of rod outer segments by human iris pigment epithelial cells in vitro

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 753-757

  Thumann, Gabriele ^a,b   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a   Heimann, Klaus ^a   Schraermeyer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRIS; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SWINE;

CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IRIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PIGMENTATION; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

EID: 0031670583     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050154     Document Type: Article

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