Open AccessMaturation of the Fetal Human Choriocapillaris
Author(s) -
Takayuki Baba,
Rhonda Grebe,
Takuya Hasegawa,
Imran Ahmed Bhutto,
Carol Merges,
D. Scott McLeod,
Gerard A. Lutty
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.08-2614
Subject(s) - fetus , biology , pregnancy , genetics
The purpose of this study was to examine the structural and functional maturation of the choriocapillaris (CC) and to determine when fenestrations form, the capillaries are invested with pericytes, and the endothelial cells (ECs) became functional.
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