Isolation, culture, and characterisation of human macular inner choroidal microvascular endothelial cells

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1343-1347

  Browning, A C ^a   Gray, T ^b   Amoaku, Winfried M ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ENDOGLIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FIBROBLAST SURFACE PROTEIN; MATRIGEL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN; ENG PROTEIN, HUMAN; LAMININ; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; CHOROID; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISSECTION; DRUG COMBINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD31; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHOROID; COLLAGEN; DISSECTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; E-SELECTIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LAMININ; MACULA LUTEA; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 27744451573     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.063602     Document Type: Article

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