Aquaporin expression and function in human pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal pigmented epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3510-3519

  Juuti Uusitalo, Kati ^a,b   Delporte, Christine ^c   Grégoire, Francoise ^c   Perret, Jason ^c   Huhtala, Heini ^a   Savolainen, Virpi ^a,b   Nymark, Soile ^a,b   Hyttinen, Jari ^a,b   Uusitalo, Hannu ^a,d   Willermain, Francois ^e   Skottman, Heli ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Standardisation of Learning Technologies   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Retinal pigment epithelium; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 6; AQUAPORIN 7; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; WATER TRANSPORT;

AQUAPORINS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; STEM CELLS;

AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (PHOSPHORYLATING); HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84878149950     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11800     Document Type: Article

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