Retinal transplantation of photoreceptors results in donor-host cytoplasmic exchange

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Santos Ferreira, Tiago ^a   Llonch, Sílvia ^a   Borsch, Oliver ^a   Postel, Kai ^a   Haas, Jochen ^a   Ader, Marius ^a  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CYTOPLASM; PHOTORECEPTION; PIGMENT; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFER; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC EXCHANGE; DONOR; DONOR-HOST CELL INTERACTION; FEMALE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR TRANSPLANTATION; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINAL TISSUE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SUBRETINAL SPACE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DEGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION; VERTEBRATE PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; VISION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; TISSUE DONORS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84989849627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13028     Document Type: Article

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