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SURGICAL RETINAL EXPLANTS AS A SOURCE OF RETINAL PROGENITOR CELLS
Author(s) -
Lay Khoon Too,
Weiyong Shen,
Zaid Mammo,
Perach Osaadon,
Mark C Gillies,
Matthew P. Simunovic
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
retina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1539-2864
pISSN - 0275-004X
DOI - 10.1097/iae.0000000000003137
Subject(s) - retina , retinal , progenitor cell , biology , nestin , explant culture , microbiology and biotechnology , glial fibrillary acidic protein , stem cell , pathology , immunology , immunohistochemistry , neural stem cell , medicine , neuroscience , botany , in vitro , biochemistry
To describe the novel observation of spontaneously migrating retinal cells from living donor surgical retinal explants that express progenitor cell markers in the absence of exogenous growth factors.