Manipulating cell fate in the cochlea: A feasible therapy for hearing loss

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 139-144

  Fujioka, Masato ^a   Okano, Hideyuki ^a   Edge, Albert S B ^b,c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell replacement; Hair cells; Hearing loss; Sensory systems

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELL CYCLE; CELL FATE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INNER HAIR CELL; MAMMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OUTER HAIR CELL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COCHLEAR HAIR CELL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEARING LOSS; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION;

EID: 84924571455     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.12.004     Document Type: Review

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