Author Affiliations1The S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Moscow, 127486, Moscow, Beskudnikovsky Blvd, 59a
2The S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Moscow, 127486, Moscow, Beskudnikovsky Blvd, 59a
3The S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Moscow, 127486, Moscow, Beskudnikovsky Blvd, 59a
4The Research Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology of RAMS, 125315, Moscow, Baltiyskaya str., 8
5The Research Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology of RAMS, 125315, Moscow, Baltiyskaya str., 8
6The Research Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology of RAMS, 125315, Moscow, Baltiyskaya str., 8
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About Authors (Correspondence):
Borzenok S.A. – doctor of medical sciences, head of the center of fundamental and applicative medical biological problems, professor of the chair of eye diseases, e-mail: mdborzenok@narod.ru.
Popov I.A. – postgraduate student of the center of fundamental and applicative medical biological problems, e-mail: ilya_doctor_popov@mail.ru.
Ostrovskiy D.S. – junior researcher of the center of fundamental and applicative medical biological problems
Saburina I.N. – doctor of biological sciences, head of the laboratory of cell biology and developmental pathology, professor of the chair of pathophysiology
Kosheleva A.V. – candidate of biological sciences, leading researcher of the laboratory of cell biology and developmental pathology
Zurina I.M. – junior researcher of the laboratory of cell biology and developmental pathology