Mature peripheral RPE cells have an intrinsic capacity to proliferate; a potential regulatory mechanism for age-related cell loss

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kokkinopoulos, Ioannis ^a,b   Shahabi, Golnaz ^a   Colman, Alan ^c   Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN ZO1; UVOMORULIN; ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGING; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENESCENCE; AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ACTINS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79955545737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018921     Document Type: Article

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