The retinal pigment epithelium: An important player of retinal disorders and regeneration

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-114

  Chiba, Chikafumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Metaplasia; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy; Retinal pigment epithelium; Retinal regeneration; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA INJURY; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SALAMANDRIDAE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRATE; VITREORETINOPATHY; AMPHIBIA; INJURY; REGENERATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; METAPLASIA; PROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINAL REGENERATION; TRANSDIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; REGENERATION; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE;

EID: 84901608240     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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