Allogenic iPSC-derived RPE cell transplants induce immune response in pigs: A pilot study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sohn, Elliott H ^a   Jiao, Chunhua ^a   Kaalberg, Emily ^a   Cranston, Cathryn ^a   Mullins, Robert F ^a   Stone, Edwin M ^a   Tucker, Budd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EYE; HUMAN; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MINIPIG; PATHOLOGY; PIG; PILOT STUDY; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; EYE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PILOT PROJECTS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 84953883310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11791     Document Type: Article

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