title: [Observation of phagocytosis and cell junction of rabbit IPE in vitro].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the phagocytosis and cell junctions of iris pigment epithelium(IPE) in vitro.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chicken red blood cells were added to culture medium of IPE, the numbers of IPE phagocyting chick red blood cells were counted; cell junctions were observed with transmission electron microscope.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The phagocytotic rates of IPE and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) were 5.4% and 8.8% respectively; there were various tight junctions in IPE.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IPE possessd phagocytosis and barrier functions in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jeneral Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100852, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D007365:Intercellular Junctions; D007498:Iris / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D019108:Tight Junctions