Cells previously identified as retinal stem cells are pigmented ciliary epithelial cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6685-6690

  Cicero, Samantha A ^a   Johnson, Dianna ^b   Reyntjens, Steve ^c   Frase, Sharon ^a   Connell, Samuel ^a   Chow, Lionel M L ^a   Baker, Suzanne J ^a   Sorrentino, Brian P ^a   Dyer, Michael A ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c FEI Helios Nanolab ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Neurospheres; Transdifferentiation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CELL MARKER; GROWTH FACTOR; NESTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CILIARY BODY; EPITHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CILIARY BODY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PIGMENTATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 66149126606     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901596106     Document Type: Article

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