Recent advances towards the clinical application of stem cells for retinal regeneration

Cells

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 851-873

  Becker, Silke ^a   Jayaram, Hari ^a,b   Limb, G Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photoreceptors; Retina; Retinal degenerative diseases; Retinal ganglion cells; Retinal pigment epithelium; Stem cells; Translational research; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GLIA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PUPILLOMETRY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA TRANSLOCATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84926452034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cells1040851     Document Type: Review

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