c-Kit+ cells isolated from human fetal retinas represent a new population of retinal progenitor cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2169-2178

  Zhou, Peng Yi ^a   Peng, Guang Hua ^a,b   Xu, Haiwei ^c,d   Yin, Zheng Qin ^c,d  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Key Lab of Ophthalmology of Chinese People's Liberation Army   (China)

Author keywords

c Kit; Fetal retinal progenitor cells; Retinal degeneration; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN; STAGE-SPECIFIC EMBRYONIC ANTIGEN-4; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C KIT PLUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; STAGE-SPECIFIC EMBRYONIC ANTIGENS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84930814949     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.169086     Document Type: Article

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