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Amniotic membrane maintains the phenotype of rabbit retinal pigment epithelial cells in culture.
Experimental eye research - 1 Jan 2005
Stanzel Boris V, Espana Edgar M, Grueterich Martin, Kawakita Tetsuya, Parel Jean-Marie, Tseng Scheffer C G, Binder Susanne
Abstract excerpt
The success of surgical removal of choroidal neovascularisation followed by transplantation of autologous retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) for age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) may be limited by damage in Bruch's membrane. We investigated whether amniotic membrane (AM) might be used as an alternative basement membrane-containing matrix to support RPE growth and differentiation. Primary RPE plastic...
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