Transplantation of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Expressing IGF-1 Enhances Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival

Jie Ma; Chenying Guo; Caiwei Guo; Yu Sun; Tiffany Liao; Ursula Beattie; Francisco J. López; Dong Feng Chen; Kameran Lashkari

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125695

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Transplantation of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Expressing IGF-1 Enhances Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival

Jie Ma ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Ma, Chenying Guo

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States of America
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Chenying Guo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Ma, Chenying Guo

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States of America
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Caiwei Guo,

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States of America
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Yu Sun,

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States of America
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Tiffany Liao,

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States of America
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Ursula Beattie,

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States of America
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Francisco J. López,

Affiliation Ophthalmology DPU, RD. Alternative Discovery & Development, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA, 19406, United States of America
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Dong Feng Chen,

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States of America
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Kameran Lashkari

* E-mail: kameran_lashkari@meei.harvard.edu

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114, MA, United States of America
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Transplantation of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Expressing IGF-1 Enhances Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival

Jie Ma,
Chenying Guo,
Caiwei Guo,
Yu Sun,
Tiffany Liao,
Ursula Beattie,
Francisco J. López,
Dong Feng Chen,
Kameran Lashkari

Published: April 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125695

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