Preparation of retinal explant cultures to study ex vivo tip endothelial cell responses

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1659-1665

  Sawamiphak, Suphansa ^a   Ritter, Mathias ^a   Acker Palmer, Amparo ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLANT; FILOPODIUM; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ANGIOGENESIS MODULATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77957605886     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.130     Document Type: Article

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