The culture and maintenance of functional retinal pigment epithelial monolayers from adult human eye

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 945, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-65

  Blenkinsop, Timothy A ^a   Salero, Enrique ^a   Stern, Jeffrey H ^a   Temple, Sally ^a  

^a Neural Stem Cell Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Characterization of RPE; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Human adult retinal pigment epithelium; RPE culture; RPE expansion

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; PROTEOGLYCAN; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DISSECTION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

ADULT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; DISSECTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; PROTEOGLYCANS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84870519702     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-125-7_4     Document Type: Article

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