Microglial cells in organotypic cultures of developing and adult mouse retina and their relationship with cell death

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-57

  Ferrer Martín, Rosa M ^a   Martín Oliva, David ^a   Sierra, Ana ^a   Carrasco, Maria Carmen ^a   Martín Estebané, María ^a   Calvente, Ruth ^a   Marín Teva, José L ^a   Navascués, Julio ^a   Cuadros, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cell viability; Microglia; Organotypic culture; Retina

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIBODY; CD68 ANTIGEN; CELL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EXPLANT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROGLIA; MICROGLIAL CELL CULTURE; MOUSE; MOUSE RETINA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ORGANOTYPIC CELL CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; MICROGLIA; ORGANOTYPIC CULTURE; RETINA;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD11B; ANTIGENS, CD45; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RETINA;

EID: 84895988797     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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