Astrocyte proliferation during development of the human retinal vasculature

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 511-523

  Sandercoe, Trent M ^a   Madigan, Michele C ^a   Billson, Francis A ^a   Penfold, Philip L ^a   Provis, Jan M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cell proliferation; Differentiation; Microglia; Primate; Retinal development; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032701410     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0730     Document Type: Article

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