Effects of retinoic acid and TGF-β1 on the proliferation and melanin synthesis in chick retinal pigment epithelial cells in vitro

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 483-486

  Kishi, Hiroko ^a,c   Mishima, Hiromu K ^b   Yamashita, Uki ^b  

^a Hiroshima Mitsubishi Hospital   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Hiroshima Mitsubishi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Differentiation; Melanin synthesis; Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell; Retinoic acid; Transforming growth factor 1 (TGF 1)

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; MELANINS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0031781446     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.5.483.5192     Document Type: Article

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