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The effect of clinical-grade retinal pigment epithelium derived from human embryonic stem cells using different transplantation strategies

  • Lei Wang 1,2,4,6 ,
  • Wei Wu 3 ,
  • Qi Gu 5 ,
  • Zengping Liu 3 ,
  • Qiyou Li 3 ,
  • Zhongwen Li 1,2,4,6 ,
  • Jinhui Fang 2,4,6 ,
  • Wenjing Liu 2,4,6 ,
  • Jun Wu 2,4,6 ,
  • Ying Zhang 2 ,
  • Liu Wang 1,2,4,6 ,
  • Haiwei Xu 3 ,
  • Wei Li 1,2,4,6 ,
  • Baoyang Hu 1,2,4,6 ,
  • Qi Zhou , 1,2,4,6 ,
  • Zhengqin Yin , 3 ,
  • Jie Hao , 2,4,6
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  • 1. Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 3. Southwest Hospital/Southwest Eye Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
  • 4. Beijing Stem Cell Bank, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 5. State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 6. Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Innovation Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Published date: 15 Jun 2019

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Lei Wang , Wei Wu , Qi Gu , Zengping Liu , Qiyou Li , Zhongwen Li , Jinhui Fang , Wenjing Liu , Jun Wu , Ying Zhang , Liu Wang , Haiwei Xu , Wei Li , Baoyang Hu , Qi Zhou , Zhengqin Yin , Jie Hao . The effect of clinical-grade retinal pigment epithelium derived from human embryonic stem cells using different transplantation strategies[J]. Protein & Cell, 2019 , 10(6) : 455 -460 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-018-0606-8

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