Ascorbic acid reversibly inhibits proliferation of retinal pigment epithelial cells

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 564-568

  Heckelen, A ^a   Hermel, M ^a   Kondring, B ^a   Schrage, Norbert F ^b,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Cologne Merheim ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ascorbic acid; Human retinal pigment epithelium; Necrosis; Proliferation control; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INHIBITION KINETICS; NICK END LABELING; PH; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VITREORETINOPATHY;

APOPTOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE;

EID: 6344237209     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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