A nanofibrillar surface promotes superior growth characteristics in cultured human retinal pigment epithelium

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-140

  Thieltges, Fabian ^a   Stanzel, Boris V ^a   Liu, Zengping ^a   Holz, Frank G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture, surface topography; Electrospun polyamide nanofibers; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPUN POLYAMIDE NANOFIBER; GLASS; NANOFIBER; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLASS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NYLONS; POLYSTYRENES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951571240     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324045     Document Type: Article

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