Activated microglia in human retinitis pigmentosa, late-onset retinal degeneration, and age-related macular degeneration

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 463-471

  Gupta, Nisha ^a   Brown, Kimberly E ^a   Milam, Ann H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Cones; Human retinal diseases; Immunocytochemistry; Late onset retinal degeneration; Microglia; Retinitis pigmentosa; Rods

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RHODOPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL INCLUSION; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; MOLECULE; PHAGOCYTE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SECRETION; STELLATE CELL; STROKE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ADULT; CELL DEATH; CONES (RETINA); FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICROGLIA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0037375042     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)00332-9     Document Type: Article

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