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Introduction: Intraocular lenses have always been a controversial topic in pediatric cataract surgery. In the early 1990s in the post-Soviet states of Eastern Europe, intraocular lenses promised an easier full-time correction and amblyopia treatment. Since 1991, ophthalmologists in Latvia have been implanting intraocular lenses in infants.

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Cell culture conditions affect RPE phagocytic function.

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol

July 2007

Department of Ophthalmology, Cornea Bank, University Eye Clinic Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg 20246, Germany.

Background: Changes in the phenotype of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells in vitro are associated with medium conditions and changes in function. Main goals in RPE tissue engineering are cell propagation in serum-free defined culture conditions, resulting in cells exhibiting differentiated morphology and functioning in vitro.

Methods: To compare the effects of various media and supplements on cell function, an optimized high-throughput phagocytosis assay was developed.

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