Human induced pluripotent stem cells as a tool to model a form of leber congenital amaurosis

Cellular Reprogramming

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-246

  Lustremant, Céline ^a,b   Habeler, Walter ^a,b   Plancheron, Alexandra ^a,b   Goureau, Olivier ^c   Grenot, Lydie ^a,b   De La Grange, Pierre ^d   Audo, Isabelle ^c,e   Nandrot, Emeline F ^c   Monville, Christelle ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b I Stem   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

^d GenoSplice Technology   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; TRIPARTITE MOTIF PROTEIN 5; TRIPARTITE MOTIF PROTEIN 61; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 558;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYOID BODY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MALE; NEURAL STEM CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION;

CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84878417765     PISSN: 21524971     EISSN: 21524998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cell.2012.0076     Document Type: Article

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