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Does the Adult Human Ciliary Body Epithelium Contain “True” Retinal Stem Cells?
Recent reports of retinal stem cells being present in several locations of the adult eye have sparked great hopes that they may be used to treat the millions of people worldwide who suffer from blindness as a result of retinal disease or injury. A population of proliferative cells derived from the c...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24286080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/531579 |
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author | Frøen, Rebecca Johnsen, Erik O. Nicolaissen, Bjørn Facskó, Andrea Petrovski, Goran Moe, Morten C. |
author_facet | Frøen, Rebecca Johnsen, Erik O. Nicolaissen, Bjørn Facskó, Andrea Petrovski, Goran Moe, Morten C. |
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description | Recent reports of retinal stem cells being present in several locations of the adult eye have sparked great hopes that they may be used to treat the millions of people worldwide who suffer from blindness as a result of retinal disease or injury. A population of proliferative cells derived from the ciliary body epithelium (CE) has been considered one of the prime stem cell candidates, and as such they have received much attention in recent years. However, the true nature of these cells in the adult human eye has still not been fully elucidated, and the stem cell claim has become increasingly controversial in light of new and conflicting reports. In this paper, we will try to answer the question of whether the available evidence is strong enough for the research community to conclude that the adult human CE indeed harbors stem cells. |
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spelling | pubmed-38265572013-11-27 Does the Adult Human Ciliary Body Epithelium Contain “True” Retinal Stem Cells? Frøen, Rebecca Johnsen, Erik O. Nicolaissen, Bjørn Facskó, Andrea Petrovski, Goran Moe, Morten C. Biomed Res Int Review Article Recent reports of retinal stem cells being present in several locations of the adult eye have sparked great hopes that they may be used to treat the millions of people worldwide who suffer from blindness as a result of retinal disease or injury. A population of proliferative cells derived from the ciliary body epithelium (CE) has been considered one of the prime stem cell candidates, and as such they have received much attention in recent years. However, the true nature of these cells in the adult human eye has still not been fully elucidated, and the stem cell claim has become increasingly controversial in light of new and conflicting reports. In this paper, we will try to answer the question of whether the available evidence is strong enough for the research community to conclude that the adult human CE indeed harbors stem cells. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3826557/ /pubmed/24286080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/531579 Text en Copyright © 2013 Rebecca Frøen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Frøen, Rebecca Johnsen, Erik O. Nicolaissen, Bjørn Facskó, Andrea Petrovski, Goran Moe, Morten C. Does the Adult Human Ciliary Body Epithelium Contain “True” Retinal Stem Cells? |
title | Does the Adult Human Ciliary Body Epithelium Contain “True” Retinal Stem Cells? |
title_full | Does the Adult Human Ciliary Body Epithelium Contain “True” Retinal Stem Cells? |
title_fullStr | Does the Adult Human Ciliary Body Epithelium Contain “True” Retinal Stem Cells? |
title_full_unstemmed | Does the Adult Human Ciliary Body Epithelium Contain “True” Retinal Stem Cells? |
title_short | Does the Adult Human Ciliary Body Epithelium Contain “True” Retinal Stem Cells? |
title_sort | does the adult human ciliary body epithelium contain “true” retinal stem cells? |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24286080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/531579 |
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