Cell-replacement therapy and neural repair in the retina

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 363-374

  Schmeer, Christian W ^a   Wohl, Stefanie G ^a,c   Isenmann, Stefan ^b,c  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microglia; M ller glia; Photoreceptor; Retinal ganglion cell; Retinal pigment epithelium; Retinal transplant; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CELL THERAPY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLIA CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVITREAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROGLIA; MUELLER CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINAL PROGENITOR CELL; RETINAL STEM CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUBRETINAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL NEURONS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862766344     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1335-6     Document Type: Review

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