Large-scale purification of porcine or bovine photoreceptor outer segments for phagocytosis assays on retinal pigment epithelial cells

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 94, 2014, Pages

  Parinot, Célia ^a,b,c   Rieu, Quentin ^a,b,c   Chatagnon, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Finnemann, Silvia C ^d   Nandrot, Emeline F ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunology; Issue 94; Outer segment; Phagocytosis assay; Photoreceptor; Purification; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium; Sucrose gradient; Ultracentrifugation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917707262     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52100     Document Type: Article

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