Synthetic polymer scaffolds for stem cell transplantation in retinal tissue engineering

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 899-914

  Yao, Jing ^a,b   Tao, Sarah L ^c   Young, Michael J ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Polymer; Progenitor cell; Retina; Tissue engineering; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CELL ATTACHMENTS; CELL DELIVERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTEGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMER SCAFFOLDS; PROGENITOR CELL; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURFACE MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SYNTHETIC POLYMER SCAFFOLDS; THREE PROBLEMS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; CYTOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLYMERS; STEM CELLS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 79960175928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3020899     Document Type: Review

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