Adult human retinal pigment epithelial cells capable of differentiating into neurons

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Amemiya, Kaori ^a   Haruta, Masatoshi ^a   Takahashi, Masayo ^b   Kosaka, Mitsuko ^c   Eguchi, Goro ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult human retinal pigment epithelium cell; Differentiation; Glia; Neuron

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5; OPSIN; RETINOIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; STEM CELL;

ADULT; AGED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; STEM CELLS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 1542375470     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.01.172     Document Type: Article

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