Age and diabetes related changes of the retinal capillaries: An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-53

  Bianchi, Enrica ^a   Ripandelli, Guido ^b   Taurone, Samanta ^b   Feher, Janos ^a,c   Plateroti, Rocco ^a   Kovacs, Illes ^d   Magliulo, Giuseppe ^a   Orlando, Maria Patrizia ^a   Micera, Alessandra ^b   Battaglione, Ezio ^a   Artico, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c Nutripharma Hungaria Ltd   (Hungary)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

age; basement membrane (BM); growth factors; inflammatory cytokines; M ller cells; pericytes; retinal capillaries

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL ORGANELLE; CHILD; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MUELLER CELL; PERICYTE; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENESCENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; AGING; CAPILLARY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84955604110     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0394632015615592     Document Type: Article

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