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Cell Mol Bioeng. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 January 04. Published in final edited form as: Cell Mol Bioeng. 2009 March ; 2(1): 87–103. doi:10.1007/s12195-008-0041-7.
Low Power Laser Irradiation Stimulates the Proliferation of Adult Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Culture Qing Song, Basak Uygun, Ipsita Banerjee, Yaakov Nahmias, Quan Zhang, François Berthiaume, Mark Latina, and Martin L. Yarmush Center for Engineering in Medicine/Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Shriners Hospitals for Children, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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We investigated the effects of low power laser irradiation on the proliferation of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Adult human RPE cells were artificially pigmented by preincubation with sepia melanin, and exposed to a single sublethal laser pulse (590 nm, 1 µs,
Cell Mol Bioeng. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 January 04. Published in final edited form as: Cell Mol Bioeng. 2009 March ; 2(1): 87–103. doi:10.1007/s12195-008-0041-7.
Low Power Laser Irradiation Stimulates the Proliferation of Adult Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Culture Qing Song, Basak Uygun, Ipsita Banerjee, Yaakov Nahmias, Quan Zhang, François Berthiaume, Mark Latina, and Martin L. Yarmush Center for Engineering in Medicine/Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Shriners Hospitals for Children, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Abstract
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We investigated the effects of low power laser irradiation on the proliferation of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Adult human RPE cells were artificially pigmented by preincubation with sepia melanin, and exposed to a single sublethal laser pulse (590 nm, 1 µs,
