Retinal progenitor cell xenografts to the pig retina: Morphologic integration and cytochemical differentiation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1385-1393

  Warfvinge, Karin ^a   Kiilgaard, Jens F ^b   Lavik, Erin B ^c   Scherfig, Erik ^b   Langer, Robert ^c   Klassen, Henry J ^d   Young, Michael J ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c USA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^e SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; XENOGRAFT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLYCOLATES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSPHERES; RETINA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 26444505481     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.10.1385     Document Type: Article

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