Heterogeneity of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells from Adult Human Eye in Different Culturing Systems


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Abstract

We studied the behavior of retinal pigment epithelial cells from adult human eye derived from different donors in different culturing systems: on plastic, in collagen gel, and on decellularized neural retina substrate. The cells diverge into two subpopulations similar by their morphology and behavior: one subpopulation migrated to the surface of the dense substrate and the other formed spheroid structures consisting of aggregated cells. This fact confirms the data on genetically-predetermined phenotypic heterogeneity of retinal pigment epithelium cells that should be taken into account when using these cells in tissue engineering.

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A. V. Kuznetsova

N. K. Kol’tsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, Moscow

M. A. Aleksandrova

N. K. Kol’tsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: avkuzn@list.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

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