NOVEL SCREENS TO IDENTIFY AGENTS THAT MODULATE RETINAL BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION AND PERICYTE FUNCTION AND DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION THEREFOR

摘要

The present invention provides methods for determining or identifying compounds that modulate the function of an isolated retinal pericyte or blood vessel, wherein a change in the contractile state of said pericyte or blood vessel is determined in the presence of a test compound, said change indicating that the test compound modulates the function of pericytes and/or blood vessels.