Characterization of cells from patient-derived fibrovascular membranes in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Kim LA, Wong LL, Amarnani DS, Bigger-Allen AA, Hu Y, Marko CK, Eliott D, Shah VA, McGuone D, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Gai X, D'Amore PA, Arboleda-Velasquez JF. Characterization of cells from patient-derived fibrovascular membranes in proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Molecular Vision 2015, 21: 673-87. PMID: 26120272, PMCID: PMC4462955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComparative genomic hybridizationDiscovery of cellsPlasma membrane infoldingsSpecific cell populationsCell identityPrimary culturesCell culture modelCharacterization of cellsMajor chromosomal aberrationsMembrane infoldingsCellular constituentsGenomic hybridizationAlpha-smooth muscle actinThrombospondin-1Cell populationsExpression of markersCulture conditionsStromal cellsPerivascular cellsCulture modelUnique resourceGlial fibrillary acidic protein-positive cellsCellsChromosomal aberrationsEndothelial cells