Transplantation of EGF-responsive neurospheres from GFP transgenic mice into the eyes of rd mice

Brain Research

Volumn 943, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 292-300

  Lu, B ^a   Kwan, T ^a   Kurimoto, Y ^b   Shatos, M ^b   Lund, R D ^a   Young, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoreceptor; Progenitor cell; Retina; Retinal dystrophy; Stem cell; Transplant

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MIGRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RETINA; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0037067787     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02906-2     Document Type: Article

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