Rescue from light-induced retinal degeneration by human fetal retinal transplantation in minipigs

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 523-535

  Li, Shi Y ^a   Yin, Zheng Q ^a   Chen, Shao J ^a   Chen, Li Feng ^a   Liu, Yong ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fetal tissue transplantation; Glial cells; Multifocal electroretinogram; Retinal degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SURGERY; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GLIA CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOLOGY; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; LIGHT; MINIPIG; MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINAL TRANSPLANTATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR LEAKAGE; VISION; VITRECTOMY; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 70350624997     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680902936148     Document Type: Article

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