Stem cell-based therapies for age-relatedmacular degeneration: Current status and prospects

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3843-3852

  Mu, Yalin ^a   Zhao, Manli ^a   Su, Guangming ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Clinical trial; Retinal pigment epithelium; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; 4 [4 (1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL) 5 (2 PYRIDINYL) 1H IMIDAZOL 2 YL]BENZAMIDE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FRACTALKINE; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS INHIBITORY PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NOGGIN; RHODOPSIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL CULTURE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROMA CELL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UPREGULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84918584175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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