Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene as a substrate for retinal pigment epithelial cell growth and transplantation in age-related macular degeneration

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-573

  Krishna, Y ^a   Sheridan, C ^a   Kent, D ^a,b   Kearns, V ^a   Grierson, I ^a   Williams, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Aut Even Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CADHERIN; CONNEXIN 43; OCCLUDIN; POLITEF; RETINOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79952986656     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.169953     Document Type: Article

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