Abstract:
:During eye formation, inductive phenomena occurring between retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) and retina are not well understood. After briefly summarizing the normal development of retina and RPE, we present three-dimensional in vitro models of the chick embryonic retina which allows elucidation of RPE-retina interactions. In such retinospheroids, a complete arrangement of layers is achieved, provided that dispersed retinal cells are: (1) young enough; and (2) reaggregated on a monolayer of RPE. Thereby, the RPE extends cell proliferation, while differentiation is much delayed. These findings assign to the RPE a decisive role for the genesis and regeneration of a vertebrate retina.
journal_name
Semin Cell Dev Bioljournal_title
Seminars in cell & developmental biologyauthors
Layer PG,Rothermel A,Willbold Edoi
10.1006/scdb.1998.0234subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-06-01 00:00:00pages
257-62issue
3eissn
1084-9521issn
1096-3634pii
S1084-9521(98)90234-8journal_volume
9pub_type
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