OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for the culture of primary choroidal epithelial cells.
METHODS: This descriptive experimental study was carried out in Xi'an Jiaotong University …

During the past 10 years, our teams developed long‐term primary cultures of ependymal
cells derived from ventricular walls of telencephalon and hypothalamus or choroidal cells …

Vascular endothelial cells play an important role in progression or healing of various retinal
or choroidal diseases and they have a broad organ specificity. We have grown and studied …

Aim: To develop a method for the reliable isolation of adult human macular inner choroidal
endothelial cells (ICECs) and to subsequently characterise them for their expression of a …

It is generally known that the luminal surface of the choroidal epithelial cells is covered with
a luxuriant coat of slender microvilli and cilia. However, extensive ultrastructural studies on …

The choroid plexus plays a wide range of roles in brain development, maturation, aging
process, endocrine regulation, and pathogenesis of certain neurodegenerative diseases. To …

In vitro studies of choroidal endothelial cells may be critical for understanding the
pathogenesis of neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration, since endothelial …

Cells from samples of human choroidal tissue were collected and seeded onto isolated
Bruch's membrane in vitro, and the morphology of the developing cultures was examined by …

purpose. To describe the cytoarchitecture of the choroidal capillary endothelial cells,
especially as it relates to cellular processes that protrude through the basal lamina into …

Objective: To elucidate the mechanism of bovine choroidal endothelial (BCE) cell
angiogenesis and, in particular, the role of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells by use of an …