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Ultrastructural localization of extracellular matrix components in human retinal vessels and Bruch's membrane.
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Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) [Arch Ophthalmol] 1990 Mar; Vol. 108 (3), pp. 421-9. - Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- We have used the electron microscopic immunogold technique to localize precisely various extracellular matrix components in human retinal vessels and Bruch's membrane. Collagen types IV and V, laminin, and heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein were localized in basement membranes of retinal capillaries. In addition to the capillary basement membrane components, collagen types I and III and fibronectin were found in the basement membranes of retinal arterioles and venules. The basement membranes of choriocapillaries and retinal pigment epithelial cells in Bruch's membrane also showed a similar distribution of the retinal capillary basement membrane components. Both the inner and outer collagenous layers of Bruch's membrane contained collagen types I and III along with fibronectin, whereas collagen type VI was mostly limited to the central elastic lamina. The precise localization and distribution of various extracellular matrix components in human retinal vessels and Bruch's membrane may be important for understanding their normal function as well as their alteration in disease.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arterioles ultrastructure
Basement Membrane analysis
Basement Membrane ultrastructure
Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans analysis
Collagen analysis
Extracellular Matrix analysis
Fibronectins analysis
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Heparitin Sulfate analysis
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Laminin analysis
Retina analysis
Retinal Vessels analysis
Extracellular Matrix ultrastructure
Retina ultrastructure
Retinal Vessels ultrastructure
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0003-9950
- Volume :
- 108
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2310346
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1990.01070050119045