Standard strain of human ocular keratocytes

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-41

  Dropcova, Simona ^a   Denyer, Steven P ^a   Lloyd, Andrew W ^a   Gard, Paul R ^a   Hanlon, Geoff W ^a   Mikhalovsky, Sergei V ^a   Sandeman, Susan ^a   Olliff, Cedric J ^a   Faragher, Richard G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cornea; Keratocyte; Proliferation; Senescence; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESPAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TISSUE CULTURE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGING; AMINOPEPTIDASES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL STROMA; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASES; DNA; EXOPEPTIDASES; FETUS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MITOSIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TISSUE DONORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032890403     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055510     Document Type: Article

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