Article
Isolation, culture and characteristics of human foetal and adult retinal pigment epithelium.
Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology - 1 May 1998
Zhu M, Provis J M, Penfold P L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Current methods for the isolation and culture of adult retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) provide successful primary culture. However, most methods result in contamination with other cell types and low cell yields. The isolation and culture of human foetal RPE presents further problems...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cell Culture Techniques
- Cell Separation
- Cell Survival
- Culture Media
- Fetus
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Keratins
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Pigment Epithelium of Eye
- Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
- Vimentin