Gap junctional communication in microinjected human limbal and peripheral corneal epithelial cells cultured on intact amniotic membrane

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-314

  Hernandez Galindo, Elias E ^a   Theiss, Carsten ^b   Steuhl, Klaus P ^a   Meller, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Connexin 26; Connexin 43; Cornea; Ex vivo expansion; Gap junctional communication; Limbus; Lucifer yellow; Microinjection; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; LUCIFER YELLOW; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EYE SURGERY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROINJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0037374650     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)00314-7     Document Type: Article

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