Article
Ca++-switch induction of RPE differentiation.
Experimental eye research - 1 Apr 2006
Rak Daniel J, Hardy Katherine M, Jaffe Glenn J, McKay Brian S
Abstract excerpt
Cultured retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells are commonly used as a model of the tissue to study their involvement in visual diseases. Unfortunately, cultured RPE often lose their differentiated phenotype reducing their usefulness as a model of the RPE in vivo. In this study, we used a Ca++-switch protocol to initiate the patterned expression of several phenotypic and functional markers of RPE differentiation....
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