Ciliary epithelium: An underevaluated target for therapeutic regeneration

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Abburi, Chandrika ^a   Anand, Akshay ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ciliary epithelium; Retina; Stem cells; Vascular niche

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; COLLAGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELASTIC FIBER; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OPTIC DISK CUP; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STEM CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TISSUE REGENERATION; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL PIGMENT REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CILIARY BODY; HUMANS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865645905     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/.v22.i2.10     Document Type: Article

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