Retinal pericytes and cytomegalovirus infectivity: implications for HCMV-induced retinopathy and congenital ocular disease

BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the leading infectious cause of vision loss among congenitally infected children. Retinal pericytes play an essential role in maintaining retinal vascular and endothelial cell proliferation. However, the role of retinal pericytes in ocular HCMV pathogenesi...

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Autores principales: Wilkerson, Irene, Laban, Joshua, Mitchell, Johnathan M, Sheibani, Nader, Alcendor, Donald J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4314746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25573478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-014-0219-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4314746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25573478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-014-0219-y

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