Autofluorescent inclusions in long-term postconfluent cultures of retinal pigment epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1478-1486

  Burke, Janice M ^a,b   Skumatz, Christine M B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; LIPOFUSCIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL INCLUSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN D; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; LIPOFUSCIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031749350     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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