Characterization and survival of long-term implants of human retinal pigment epithelial cells attached to gelatin microcarriers in a model of parkinson disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 585-596

  Flores, Joseph ^a   Cepeda, Ivan L ^a   Cornfeldt, Michael L ^b   O'Kusky, John R ^a   Doudet, Doris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Cell Therapy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Parkinson disease; Retinal pigment epithelial cells; RPE65; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD68 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL SPECIFIC EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INDUCER; GELATIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN; OXIDOPAMINE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN RPE65; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GELATIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPHERES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 34447340658     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/nen.0b013e318093e53a     Document Type: Article

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