The Eye as a Target Organ for Stem Cell Therapy
Fig. 1.1 Autofluorescence imaging of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), demonstrating the topographic distribution of fluorescence in the posterior segment of the human eye. Many fluorophores are contained within RPE,…
New Developments in Retinal Cell Transplantation and the Impact of Stem Cells
Fig. 8.1 Shows an EM autoradiogram revealing tritiated thymidine grains (TT) present in the nuclei of transplanted human RPE in owl monkey retina several days after surgery We then sought…
The Current Status of Corneal Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation in Humans
Fig. 3.1 (a) Histology of the human cornea stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). (b) Corneoscleral border. (c) Limbal junction. Reprinted with permission from Takacs et al. [3] At the…
Stem Cells, Mechanism-Based Therapies and Regenerative Medicine Approaches
Fig. 7.1 Macular degeneration is caused by degeneration of the retina resulting in vision loss in the macula at the center of the visual field. As this simulated photographic representation…
