The cultivation of human retinal pigment epithelial cells on Bombyx mori silk fibroin

Biomaterials

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4110-4117

  Shadforth, Audra M A ^a   George, Karina A ^a,b   Kwan, Anthony S ^a,c   Chirila, Traian V ^a,b,c   Harkin, Damien G ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Bruch's membrane; Retinal pigment epithelium; Silk fibroin; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ALLURA RED; BOMBYX MORI SILK FIBROIN; BRUCH'S MEMBRANE; CARRIER SUBSTRATE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; F-ACTIN; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PRE-COATING; PRIMARY CULTURE; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELLS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RPE CELL; SILK FIBROIN; TISSUE CULTURE PLASTICS; VITRONECTIN;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PROTEINS; SILK; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

MEMBRANES;

BOMBYX MORI SILK FIBROIN; MACROGOL; SILK FIBROIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BOMBYX; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SILK;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 84858798559     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.02.040     Document Type: Article

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