Biological Effects of Cigarette Smoke in Cultured Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

The goal of the present study was to determine whether treatment with cigarette smoke extract (CSE) induces cell loss, cellular senescence, and extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis in primary human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Primary cultured human RPE cells were exposed to 2, 4, 8, and...

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Main Authors: Yu, Alice L., Birke, Kerstin, Burger, Johannes, Welge-Lussen, Ulrich
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498276/