Can we produce a human corneal equivalent by tissue engineering?

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 497-527

  Germain, Lucie ^a,b   Carrier, Patrick ^a,b   Auger, François A ^a,b   Salesse, Christian ^c   Guérin, Sylvain L ^c  

^a Lab d'Organogenese Exp LOEX   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; BIOENGINEERING; CELL ISOLATION; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STROMA; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUND HEALING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CORNEA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034285217     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(00)00005-7     Document Type: Review

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