Pluripotent Stem Cells in Eye Disease Therapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bharti, Kapil (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1186
• Subjects: Stem cells.; Regenerative medicine.; Tissue engineering.; Biomedical engineering.; Ophthalmology.; Stem Cells.; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.

This book discusses applications of pluripotent stem cells to study eye disease in vitro and to create novel therapies for degenerative eye diseases. Chapters are contributed by experts in the field and cover such topics as the use of pluripotent stem cells in 2D and 3D engineering of ocular tissues...

Table of Contents:

• Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model Degenerative Retinal Diseases: The RPE perspective
• Utility of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium for an in vitro model of proliferative vitreoretinopathy
• Developing cell-based therapies for RPE-associated degenerative eye diseases
• Pluripotent Stem Cell derived 3D Ocular Tissue Transplantation - role of immune system in cell integration
• Use of Stem Cells to model optic nerve degeneration diseases
• Surgical approaches for RPE/retina
• 3D Engineering Ocular Tissues for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing
• Index.