Photoreceptor therapy: generation of neurosphere-like cells from human mesenchymal stem cells expressing erythropoietin

• Main Authors: Mok, Pooi Ling, Ding, Shirley Suet Lee, Aisha Farhana, Badr Alzahrani, Mohammed Safwan Ali Khan, Suresh Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14737/1/ARTIKEL%2013.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14737/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid49bil1_2020/KandunganJilid49Bil1_2020.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The loss of photoreceptors is a major concern implicated in age-macular degeneration (AMD), a type of neurodegenerative disorder. Failure to prescribe a suitable treatment due to the lack of understanding of the molecular pathogenesis, and limited capacity to compensate irreparably damaged photorece...