Mesh-supported submicron parylene-C membranes for culturing retinal pigment epithelial cells

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 659-667

  Lu, Bo ^a   Zhu, Danhong ^b,c   Hinton, David ^b,c   Humayun, Mark S ^b,c   Tai, Yu Chong ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Parylene C; Permeability; Retina

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BARRIER LAYERS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BRUCH'S MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; EPITHELIAL MONOLAYERS; HEALTHY HUMANS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; IS DESIGN; MICROVILLI; PARYLENE C; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELLS; RPE CELL; SUBMICRON; ULTRA-THIN;

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MONOLAYERS; NUTRIENTS;

MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MESH SUPPORTED SUBMICRON PARYLENE C MEMBRANE; MICROVILLUS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFUSION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; THICKNESS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; XYLENES;

EID: 84865426221     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-012-9645-8     Document Type: Article

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