Cultivation of retinal pigment epithelial cells from human choroidal neovascular membranes in age related macular degeneration

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 571-576

  Schlunck, Günther ^a   Martin, Gottfried ^a   Agostini, Hansjürgen Thomas ^a   Camatta, Gabriele ^a   Hansen, Lutz Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Immunocytochemistry; Neovascularization; Retinal cell culture; Retinal pigment epithelium; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CYTOKERATIN 18; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RPE65; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROVILLUS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036311139     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2001.1148     Document Type: Article

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