Reconstructed human cornea produced in vitro by tissue engineering

Pathobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 140-147

  Germain, Lucie ^a   Auger, François A ^a   Grandbois, Eric ^a   Guignard, Rina ^a   Giasson, Marcelle ^a   Boisjoly, Hélène ^b   Guérin, Sylvain L ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cornea; Culture; Epithelium; Eye; Integrin; Reconstructed tissue

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA;

CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRINS; LAMININ; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032970552     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028064     Document Type: Article

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