The left column shows combined Nomarski and confocal images of the pigmented iPS -
RPE cell sheet sections; adjacent are images of immunolabelling only.
Not exact matches
The middle layer is a one -
cell - thick
sheet known as the retinal pigment epithelium, or
RPE.
They then transform those iPS
cells into
RPE cells and form them into
sheets in the lab.
A pilot study assessing the safety and feasibility of the transplantation of autologous iPSC - derived retinal pigment epithelium (
RPE)
cell sheets in patients with exudative (wet - type) age - related macular degeneration was launched in Japan in August 2013.
Various
cell types have been examined for use in
RPE cell replacement including immortalized
cell lines, such as the human
RPE cell line, ARPE19 [2],
sheets of adult
RPE [3], foetal
RPE [4],
RPE derived from human embryonic stem
cells (HESC -
RPE)[5]--[10] and many non-
RPE cells lines [11]--[15].
iPS -
RPE cells or
sheets of
cells were fixed for 30 min with 4 % paraformaldehyde in 0.1 M phosphate buffer.
Cells were cultured in human foetal RPE medium [30] where, within 13 days, they formed a pigmented monolayer with characteristic RPE cobblestone appearance similar to that observed in human post-mortem RPE sheets and HESC - derived RPE cells [9](Fig.
Cells were cultured in human foetal
RPE medium [30] where, within 13 days, they formed a pigmented monolayer with characteristic
RPE cobblestone appearance similar to that observed in human post-mortem
RPE sheets and HESC - derived
RPE cells [9](Fig.
cells [9](Fig. 1B).