Photoreceptor Differentiation following Transplantation of Allogeneic Retinal Progenitor Cells to the Dystrophic Rhodopsin Pro347Leu Transgenic Pig

• Main Authors: H. Klassen (Author), J. F. Kiilgaard (Author), K. Warfvinge (Author), M. S. Samuel (Author), R. S. Prather (Author), F. Wong (Author), R. M. Petters (Author), M. la Cour (Author), M. J. Young (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose. Transplantation of stem, progenitor, or precursor cells has resulted in photoreceptor replacement and evidence of functional efficacy in rodent models of retinal degeneration. Ongoing work has been directed toward the replication of these results in a large animal model, namely, the pig. Me...