Molecular characterization of human retinal progenitor cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5901-5908

  Schmitt, Scott ^a   Aftab, Unber ^a   Jiang, Caihui ^a   Redenti, Stephen ^a   Klassen, Henry ^b   Miljan, Erik ^c   Sinden, John ^c   Young, Michael ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ReNeuron Group plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; NESTIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; VIMENTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; NERVE PROTEIN; SCOTOPSIN; SHORT WAVELENGTH OPSIN; SHORT-WAVELENGTH OPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CHX10 GENE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACH1 GENE; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GNL3 GENE; HES5 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KI67 GENE; MK167 GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NES GENE; NONHUMAN; OTX2 GENE; PAX6 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RHO GENE; SIX6 GENE; SOX6 GENE; STEM CELL; VIM GENE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; FETAL STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FETAL STEM CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 73349131099     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3067     Document Type: Article

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