The potential of stem cells for the restoration of auditory function in humans

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-318

  Hu, Zhengqing ^a   Ulfendahl, Mats ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological EAR; differentiation; epithelial to mesenchymal transition; hair cell; hearing; implantation; neurotrophins; regeneration; spiral ganglion; stem cell

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CORTI ORGAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MOUSE UTRICULAR CELL; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALA TYMPANI; SPIRAL GANGLION NEURON; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TISSUE REGENERATION; UTRICLE;

ANIMALS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84876895383     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: 1746076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.13.32     Document Type: Review

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