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ArticleCells2025

Isolation and Characterization of Mouse Choroidal Melanocytes and Their Proinflammatory Characteristics.

Yong-Seok Song, SunYoung Park, Debra Fisk, Christine M Sorenson, Nader Sheibani

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Article in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yong-Seok SongDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
SunYoung ParkDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Debra FiskDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Christine M SorensonMcpherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Nader SheibaniDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2723-9217

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Justine Yang Bruce · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
UW Vision Research Core - Administrative CoreP30EY016665 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI AKIHIRO IKEDA · 2005 to 2026
$12.6M
VEGF Antagonism and Resistance to Neovascular AMDR01EY030076 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SORENSON, CHRISTINE M · 2020 to 2023
$1.5M
Bcl-2, Subretinal Scar Formation and Neovascular AMDR21EY034646 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SORENSON, CHRISTINE M · 2023 to 2023
$428k
Arthur and Nancy Nesbit AMD fund AMD Research AwardCarl Marshall Reeves & Mildred Almen Reeves Foundation AMD Research AwardNCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NEI NIH HHS EY030076NEI NIH HHS EY034646NEI NIH HHS P30 EY016665NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030076NEI NIH HHS R21 EY034646Pat and Jay Smith AMD Innovation Fund AMD Research AwardResearch to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Award to the Deaprtment of Ophthalmology and visual SciencesRetina Research Foundation EndoumentRRF/Daniel Albert Chair Endoument
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanocytes are a major cellular component of the choroid which aids in the maintenance of choroidal integrity and vision. Unfortunately, our knowledge regarding the cell autonomous melanocyte function, in preserving choroidal health and the ocular pathologies associated with choroidal dysfunction, remain largely unknown. The ability to culture melanocytes has advanced our knowledge regarding the origin and function of these cells in choroidal homeostasis and vision. However, the culture of murine choroid melanocytes has not been previously reported. Here, we describe a method for the isolation of melanocytes from the mouse choroid, as well as the delineation of many of their cellular characteristics, including the expression of various cell-specific markers, cell adhesion molecules, melanogenic capacity, and inflammatory responses to various extracellular stressors. Unraveling the molecular mechanisms that regulate melanocyte functions will advance our understanding of their role in choroidal homeostasis and how alterations in these functions impact ocular diseases that compromise vision.

Indexed as

Cell SeparationChoroidInflammationMelanocytesAnimalsCells, CulturedMiceMice, Inbred C57BLage-related macular degenerationcell adhesion moleculeschoroidc-Kitinflammationintegrinsstem cell factorVEGF receptors

Identifiers

PMID40358170
PMCPMC12071734

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