Alginate as a new biomaterial for the growth of porcine retinal pigment epithelium

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-243

  Eurell, Thomas E ^a   Brown, Daniel R ^a   Gerding, Paul A ^a   Hamor, Ralph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Melanosomes; Porcine; Retinal pigment epithelium; Tissue culture; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; EVALUATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TISSUE GROWTH;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0141962463     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2003.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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