Sources of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) for replacement therapy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-449

  Lee, E ^a,b   MacLaren, Robert E ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; POLYMER; PREDNISOLONE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; POLYMERS; RABBITS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 79952929431     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.171918     Document Type: Review

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