Cone and rod photoreceptor transplantation in models of the childhood retinopathy Leber congenital amaurosis using flow-sorted Crx-positive donor cells

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4545-4559

  Lakowski, J ^a   Baron, M ^a   Bainbridge, J ^b,c   Barber, A C ^b   Pearson, R A ^b   Ali, R R ^b   Sowden, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENETIC MODEL; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 78149260595     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq378     Document Type: Article

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