Trypan blue not toxic for retinal pigment epithelium in vitro

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 234-236

  Stalmans, Peter ^a   Van Aken, Elisabeth H ^b   Melles, Gerrit ^c   Veckeneer, Marc ^d   Feron, Eric J ^d   Stalmans, Ingeborg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Netherlands Inst for I O S   (Netherlands)

^d ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; TRYPAN BLUE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0037307770     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01891-3     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Melles G.R., De Waard P.W., Pameyer J.H., Beekhuis W.H. Trypan blue capsule staining to visualize the capsulorhexis in cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 25:1999;7-9.
2. Feron EJ, Veckeneer M, Parys-Van Ginderdeuren R, Van Lommel A, Melles GRJ, Stalmans P. Trypan blue staining of epiretinal membranes in proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol 2002;120:141-144.
3. Stalmans P, Feron E, Parys-Van Ginderdeuren R, Van Lommel A, Melles GRJ, Veckeneer M. Double vital-staining using trypan blue and infracyanine green in macular pucker surgery. Arch Ophthalmol 2003, forthcoming.
4. Veckeneer M., van Overdam K., Monzer J., et al. Ocular toxicity study of trypan blue injected into the vitreous cavity of rabbit eyes. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 239:2001;698-704.
5. Stalmans P, Van Aken EH, Veckeneer M, Feron EJ, Stalmans I. Toxic effect of indocyanine green on retinal pigment epithelium related to osmotic effects of the solvent. Am J Ophthalmol 2002;134.