Characterization of porcine corneal endothelium for xenotransplantation

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 127-135

  Lee, Seung Eun ^a   Mehra, Ruhina ^a   Fujita, Minoru ^a   Roh, Danny S ^b   Long, Cassandra ^a   Lee, Whayoung ^a   Funderburgh, James L ^b   Ayares, David L ^c   Cooper, David K C ^a   Hara, Hidetaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^c REVIVICOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelial cells; Endothelial keratoplasty; Genetically engineered pig; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; DNA; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MODIFICATION; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EX VIVO STUDY; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WILD TYPE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD46; ANTIGENS, CD55; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 84908483152     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2013.787104     Document Type: Article

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