Photoreceptor replacement therapy: Challenges presented by the diseased recipient retinal environment

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 333-344

  Pearson, Rachael A ^a   Hippert, Claire ^a   Graca, Anna B ^a   Barber, Amanda C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Gliosis; Photoreceptor; Stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIMENTIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; GLIOSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA INJURY; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETINAL GLIOSIS; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; TRANSPLANTATION; VISION DISORDERS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINA; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84911417510     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523814000200     Document Type: Review

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