Skin and corneal cellular therapy using embryonic stem cells: How far are we?

Expert Review of Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-366

  Shalom Feuerstein, Ruby ^a   Aberdam, Daniel ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Cornea; Corneal commitment; Embryonic stem cells; Epidermal commitment; Keratinocytes; Limbus; P63; Pax 6; Pluripotency; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6BETA4 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; KALININ; LAMININ 1; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

BLASTOCYST; BURN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EX VIVO STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; KERATINOCYTE; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 55249090434     PISSN: 17469872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17469872.3.3.357     Document Type: Review

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