Research Article
Epiretinal Amniotic Membrane Influences the Cellular Behavior of Profibrotic Dedifferentiated Cells of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy In Vitro
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While collagen contraction was largely unaffected, (a) cell adhesion of hPVR was significantly reduced by AM (b), with a statistically significant reduction in adhesion being observed at all time points ( at 30 and 60 min; at 120 min). At most time points, AM was unable to prevent contraction of collagen discs populated by hPVR cells compared to the untreated control. Shown are representative examples of the collagen slices, including size as measured by circular area projection. (c) ; ; ; collagen contraction: n = 9 technical repeats for AM and n = 6 for co of 3 independent biological experiments; cell adhesion: n = 32 technical repeats of 4 independent biological experiments.
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