Polarized vascular endothelial growth factor secretion by human retinal pigment epithelium and localization of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors on the inner choriocapillaris: Evidence for a trophic paracrine relation

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 421-428

  Blaauwgeers, Harriët G T ^a,d   Holtkamp, Gertjan M ^d   Rutten, Hugo ^a   Witmer, Antonella N ^a   Koolwijk, Pieter ^b   Partanen, Taina A ^c   Alitalo, Kari ^c   Kroon, Marielle E ^b   Kijlstra, Aize ^a,d   Van Hinsbergh, Victor W M ^b   Schlingemann, Reinier O ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032807809     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65138-3     Document Type: Article

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