The pecten oculi of the chicken: A model system for vascular differentiation and barrier maturation

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 111-134

  Wolburg, Hartwig ^a   Liebner, Stefan ^a   Reichenbach, Andreas ^b   Gerhardt, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood brain barrier; Blood retina barrier; Glucose metabolism; Pecten oculi; Retina; Tight junctions; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL; CHICKEN; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PECTEN OCULI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; VASCULARIZATION; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CHICKENS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PECTEN;

EID: 0032421431     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62417-1     Document Type: Article

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