Article
Transdifferentiation of retinal pigment epithelial cells from epithelial to mesenchymal phenotype.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Feb 1995
Grisanti S, Guidry C
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To describe and evaluate retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell transdifferentiation in vitro and to determine its importance to the development of proliferative vitreoretinal disorders. METHODS: Porcine RPE cells from single animals were examined at different passages in culture. The aut...
Topics
- Actins
- Animals
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen
- Epithelial Cells
- Epithelium
- Fibronectins
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Keratins
- Mesoderm
- Phenotype
- Pigment Epithelium of Eye
- Swine
- Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative
