CD68 antigen expression by human retinal pigment epithelial cells
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CD68 antigen expression by human retinal pigment epithelial cells.
Although a primary role of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is the phagocytosis of aged outer segment membranes, the RPE may also phagocytize particulates via several specific receptors that are characteristically present on mononuclear phagocytes of bone marrow origin. In recent immunophenotypic studies, CD68 monoclonal antibodies (mAb) have been shown to react selectively with a specific ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Eye Research
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0014-4835
DOI: 10.1016/0014-4835(92)90087-9