Adhesion failures determine the pattern of choroidal neovascularization in the eye: A computer simulation study

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Shirinifard, Abbas ^a   Glazier, James Alexander ^a   Swat, Maciej ^a   Gens, J Scott ^a   Family, Fereydoon ^b   Jiang, Yi ^c,d   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; VISION;

ADHESION FAILURES; BRUCH'S MEMBRANE; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; GROWTH FACTOR; MACULAR AREAS; MEMBRANE ADHESION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SIMULATION STUDIES; VASCULATURE; VISION LOSS;

ADHESION;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL JUNCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHOROID; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863667691     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002440     Document Type: Article

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