Induced pluripotent stem cell therapies for degenerative disease of the outer retina: Disease modeling and cell replacement

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 240-252

  Di Foggia, Valentina ^a   Makwana, Priyanka ^a   Ali, Robin R ^b   Sowden, Jane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL DEGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84974533904     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: 15577732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2015.0143     Document Type: Review

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