Stem cell-based treatment in geographic atrophy: Promises and pitfalls

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-26

  Kvanta, Anders ^a   Grudzinska, Monika K ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; embryonic stem cells; induced pluripotent stem cells; photoreceptors; retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TERATOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84892937380     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12185     Document Type: Review

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