Targeted disruption of outer limiting membrane junctional proteins (Crb1 and ZO-1) increases integration of transplanted photoreceptor precursors into the adult wild-type and degenerating retina

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 487-503

  Pearson, Rachael A ^a   Barber, A C ^a   West, E L ^a   MacLaren, R E ^b,d   Duran, Y ^a   Bainbridge, J W ^a   Sowden, J C ^c   Ali, Robin R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Ller glia; Migration; M ; Stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRUMBS HOMOLOGUE 1; PROTEIN ZO1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RHO KINASE; TJP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MIGRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MOTION; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; RETINA ROD; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 77953783851     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909X486057     Document Type: Article

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