Using stem cells to mend the retina in ocular disease

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 855-864

  Bull, Natalie D ^a   Martin, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Macular degeneration; Neuroprotection; Photoreceptor; Regeneration; Retina; Retinitis pigmentosa; RPE; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; BLINDNESS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 75649120809     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.09.59     Document Type: Review

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