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Neural retinal cells and retinal pigment epithelium cells and their use in treatment of retinal disorders
Neural retinal cells and retinal pigment epithelium cells and their use in treatment of retinal disorders
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机译:神经视网膜细胞和视网膜色素上皮细胞及其在视网膜疾病治疗中的应用
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Compositions comprising porcine retinal cells and methods for using the compositions to treat retinal disorders are described. The porcine retinal cells are preferably fetal neural retina cells or retinal pigment epithelial cells. The porcine retinal cells can be modified to be suitable for transplantation into a xenogeneic subject, such as a human. For example, the porcine retinal cells can be modified such that an antigen (e.g., an MHC class I antigen) on the cell surface which is capable of stimulating an immune response against the cell in a xenogeneic subject is altered (e.g., by contact with an anti-MHC class I antibody, or a fragment or derivative thereof) to inhibit rejection of the cell when introduced into the subject. In one embodiment, the porcine retinal cells are obtained from a pig predetermined to be free from organisms which originate in pig and which are capable of transmitting infection or disease to the recipient subject. The porcine retinal cells of the present invention can be used to treat a xenogeneic subject having a retinal disorder (e.g., a human with retinis pigmentosa, light damaged retina and macular degeneration by introducing the cells into the retina of the subject.
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