Embryonic stem cells: Potential source for ocular repair

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-23

  Haruta, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell replacement therapy; Embryonic stem cells; Lens cells; Photoreceptor cells; Retinal pigment epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 17444363343     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530590921846     Document Type: Review

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