Understanding photoreceptor outer segment phagocytosis: Use and utility of RPE cells in culture

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-60

  Mazzoni, Francesca ^a   Safa, Hussein ^a   Finnemann, Silvia C ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engulfment; Phagocytosis; Photoreceptor outer segment renewal; Retinal pigment epithelium; Signaling

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; INTERNALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ENGULFMENT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT RENEWAL; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SIGNALING;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOMES; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84906789795     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.01.010     Document Type: Review

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