Cone Genesis Tracing by the Chrnb4-EGFP Mouse Line: Evidences of Cellular Material Fusion after Cone Precursor Transplantation

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 634-653

  Decembrini, Sarah ^a   Martin, Catherine ^a   Sennlaub, Florian ^b   Chemtob, Sylvain ^c   Biel, Martin ^d   Samardzija, Marijana ^e   Moulin, Alexandre ^a   Behar Cohen, Francine ^a   Arsenijevic, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cones; fusion; neurodegeneration; retina; retinal dystrophy; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; REPORTER GENE; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; CELL TRACKING; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RETINA; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

CHRNB4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OTX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX;

ANIMALS; CELL TRACKING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 85016293176     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2016.12.015     Document Type: Article

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