PEDF (Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor) promotes increase and maturation of pigment granules in pigment epithelial cells in neonatal albino rat retinal cultures

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 423-432

  Malchiodi Albedi, F ^a   Feher, J ^b   Caiazza, S ^a   Formisano, G ^a   Perilli, R ^a   Falchi, M ^a   Petrucci, T C ^a   Scorcia, G ^c   Tombran Tink, J ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albino rats; PEDF; Retinal cultures; RPE cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPREADING; CELL VACUOLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; SERPINS;

EID: 0031740821     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(98)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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