Transplantation of cells from eye-like structures differentiated from embryonic stem cells in vitro and in vivo regeneration of retinal ganglion-like cells

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-265

  Aoki, Hitomi ^a   Hara, Akira ^a   Niwa, Masayuki ^a,b   Motohashi, Tsutomu ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^c   Kunisada, Takahiro ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Glaucoma; NMDA; Retina; Therapy model; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PREGNANCY; REGENERATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 38549165911     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0710-6     Document Type: Article

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