A simple organ culture model for assessing the effects of growth factors on corneal re-epithelialization

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 555-564

  Foreman, D M ^a,b   Pancholi, S ^a   Jarvis Evans, J ^a   McLeod, D ^a   Boulton, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; EGF; FGF; Growth factors; Organ culture; Re epithelialization; TGF ; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EROSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029975458     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0065     Document Type: Article

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