Isolation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells from Guinea Pig EyesSo Goto 1,2,3, Michael Frost 4, Christine Wildsoet 1
1Herbert Wertheim School Optometry and Vision Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 3Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, 4Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham
We describe a simple and efficient method for isolating cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells from the eyes of young pigmented guinea pigs. This procedure allows for follow-up molecular biology studies on the isolated RPE, including gene expression analyses.
