Towards therapeutic application of ocular stem cells

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 805-818

  Pellegrini, Graziella ^a,b   De Luca, Michele ^a,b   Arsenijevic, Yvan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Cornea; Limbus; Regenerative medicine; Retina; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPIDERMIS CELL; EYE DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VISION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36248940285     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.09.011     Document Type: Review

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