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Bovine Retinal Microvascular Pericytes

Isolation, Propagation, and Identification

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Angiogenesis Protocols

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Medicine™ ((MIMM,volume 46))

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The growth of new capillaries from existing vessels (angiogenesis) is of fundamental importance in wound healing and in pathological situations such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy (1), rheumatoid arthritis (2), and tumor growth. Consequently, considerable interest in vascular cell biology has arisen in apparently disparate clinical and experimental fields. Held in common, however, is the hope that an understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate angiogenesis will lead to novel therapeutic agents and targets.

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  1. New England Eye Center,New England Medical Center Hospitals;Department of Physiology and Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine;Tufts Center for Vision Research, Boston, MA

    Ramesh C. Nayak

  2. Departments of Physiology,Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine;Tufts Center for Vision Research, Boston, MA

    Ira M. Herman

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  1. University of Nottingham and City Hospital, Nottingham, UK

    J. Clifford Murray

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Nayak, R.C., Herman, I.M. (2001). Bovine Retinal Microvascular Pericytes. In: Murray, J.C. (eds) Angiogenesis Protocols. Methods in Molecular Medicine™, vol 46. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-143-4:247

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