Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigmented Epithelium in Retinal Treatment: from Bench to Bedside

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 597-612

  Parvini, Maryam ^a   Satarian, Leila ^b   Parivar, Kazem ^a   Javan, Mohammad ^b,c   Tondar, Mahdi ^b   Ahmad, Sajjad ^d   Baharvand, Hossein ^b,e  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Ocular diseases; Pluripotent stem cells; Retinal pigmented epithelium

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; RNA;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CELL ASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCULTURE; DRUG SCREENING; ENGRAFTMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOREBRAIN; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HISTOINCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; USHER SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; HUMANS; NEURONS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84911002048     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8684-y     Document Type: Review

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