Authors: L A Milyushina A V Kuznetsova E N Grigoryan M A Aleksandrova
Publish Date: 2011/08/17
Volume: 151, Issue: 4, Pages: 506-
Abstract
Phenotypic plasticity of retinal pigment epithelial cells from adult human eye was studied by immunohistochemical methods under different culturing conditions It was found that retinal pigment epithelium in adult human eye is a heterogeneous population of cells demonstrating different behavior in vitro Some cells retain epithelial morphology for a long time in culture while others are rapidly transformed into fibroblastlike cells and synthesize proteins typical of proneural neural glial and photoreceptor cells However irrespective of initial morphological features differentiation of retinal pigment cells can be modulated by varying culturing conditions
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