Xenotransplantation of retinal pigment epithelial cells into RCS rats

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-44

  Grisanti, Salvatore ^a   Szurman, Peter ^a   Jordan, Jens ^a   Kociok, Norbert ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a   Heimann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunity; RCS rat; Retinal dystrophy; Retinal pigment epithelial cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA SURGERY; RETINOPATHY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SWINE; TISSUE SECTION; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SKIN; SWINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0036190526     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(01)00464-6     Document Type: Article

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