Inner limiting membrane as membranous support in RPE sheet-transplantation.

Purpose: To investigate the inner limiting membrane as a scaffold for retinal pigment epithelium cells (RPE).

Methods: Human donor eyes (n = 10) from the Eye Bank Tübingen were used to collect the inner limiting membrane (ILM). These human donor eyes and additional porcine eyes (n = 11) served to isolate RPE cells.