New concepts for reconstruction of retinal and pigment epithelial tissues

Expert Review of Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-543

  Layer, Paul G ^a   Araki, Masasuke ^b   Vogel Hpker, Astrid ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMPs; cell reaggregation; cell specification; eye diseases; ocular development; regenerative medicine; retinal spheroids; RPE development; stem cells; tissue engineering; transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; BLINDNESS; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 77955341215     PISSN: 17469899     EISSN: 17469902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eop.10.42     Document Type: Review

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