Human corneal epithelial cells reorient and migrate cathodally in a small applied electric field

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 973-984

  Zhao, Min ^a   McCaig, Colin D ^a   Agius Fernandez, Adriana ^b   Forrester, John V ^b   Araki Sasaki, Kaoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell elongation; Cell migration; Cell orientation; Electric fields; Growth factors; Human corneal epithelium; Serum; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0030764120     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.10.973.9014     Document Type: Article

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