- Title
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Analysis of the morphology of retinal vascular cells in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
- Authors
- Middel, C.S., Dietrich, N., Hammes, H.P., Kroll, J.
- Source
- Full text @ Front Cell Dev Biol
Identification of endothelial cells using the |
Trypsin digest of the zebrafish retina. ×200 magnification of a zebrafish retinal trypsin digest preparation. Black arrow: Erythrocyte. White arrow: Endothelial cell. Red arrow: vascular mural cell. Scale bar: 100 µm. |
Analysis of the adult zebrafish retina according to density areas and distance to the entrance of the optic artery into the retina. |
The vessel diameter varies between the different areas in the intermediate part of the retina. |
The number of endothelial cells and mural cells per mm2 does not vary between the different areas of the retina when calculated in the correlating parts. |
Zebrafish have higher absolute numbers of endothelial cells and vascular mural cells than mammals and a higher vascular mural cell to endothelial cell ratio. Abbreviations: EC, endothelial cells; P, pericytes (mouse/rat/human); vMC, vascular mural cells (zebrafish). The data from mouse, rat and human were originally described in ( |