Damage thresholds for exposure to NIR and blue lasers in an in vitro RPE cell system

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3065-3073

  Denton, Michael L ^a   Foltz, Michael S ^a   Estlack, Larry E ^b   Stolarski, David J ^a   Noojin, Gary D ^a   Thomas, Robert J ^c   Eikum, Debbie ^a   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^c  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Conceptual MindWorks Inc ^*  (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATOR; LASER; MELANOSOME; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LASERS; MELANOSOMES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TELOMERASE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33746740587     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1066     Document Type: Article

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