Canonical/β-catenin wnt pathway activation improves retinal pigmented epithelium derivation from human embryonic stem cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1002-1013

  Nadar, Vignesh P ^a,b   Buchholz, David E ^a   Lowenstein, Stefan E ^a   Clegg, Dennis O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Fluorescent reporters; Human embryonic stem cells; Retinal pigmented epithelium; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MELANOCYTE PROTEIN PMEL 17; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM-DERIVED FACTOR; RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MELANOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; RNA ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RNA; SERPINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84922694283     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15835     Document Type: Article

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