Photoreceptors derived from adult iris tissue: Prospects for retinal transplantation

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-15

  Akagi, Tadamichi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iris; Photoreceptors; Retinal transplantation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OPSIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; RHODOPSIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTOGRAFT; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; IRIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IRIS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 17444401705     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530590921855     Document Type: Review

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