Apelin Protects Primary Rat Retinal Pericytes from Chemical Hypoxia-Induced Apoptosis

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Morphology and immunofluorescent staining were identified in primary rat retinal pericytes. (a) Microscopic image of retinal pericytes, showing cell mass isolated by Dynabeads (A), at 7 days, pericytes got adherence and formed cells cluster (B), at passage 1 non-contact-inhibited growth of pericyte and irregular triangular cell bodies, with thick filaments in the cytoplasm and a plump nucleus (C). Scale bar = 200 µm. (b) Immunofluorescence staining with anti-desmin, NG2, and PDGFR-B antibody for primary rat retinal pericytes, respectively. Scale bar = 100 µm.

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