Transplantation of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells in the Treatment for Parkinson Disease

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1012-1020

  Yin, Feng ^a   Tian, Zeng Min ^a   Liu, Shuang ^a   Zhao, Quan Jun ^a   Wang, Rui Min ^b   Shen, Li ^c   Wieman, Jeffery ^d   Yan, Ying ^d  

^a NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human retinal pigment epithelial cells; Neural progenitor cells; Parkinson disease; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUTAMEN; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; BUCLADESINE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84870469486     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12025     Document Type: Article

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