Sorbitol causes preferential selection of Muller glial precursors from late retinal progenitor cells in vitro

Molecular Vision

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 1606-1614

  Zahir, Tasneem ^a   Klassen, Henry ^b   Tomita, Minoru ^a   Young, Michael J ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CRALBP PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LAMININ; NESTIN; POLYLYSINE; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; SORBITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE VESSEL; DOWN REGULATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SORBITOL; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIMENTIN;

EID: 33845989500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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