Propagation and Phenotypic Preservation of Rabbit Limbal Epithelial Cells on Anmiotic Membrane

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4698-4704

  Wang, Der Yuan ^a,b   Hsueh, Yi Jen ^a   Yang, Vivian C ^c   Chen, Jan Kan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b Section of Biologics   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; BETA4 INTEGRIN; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 14; INTEGRIN; KERATIN; KERATIN 3; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA LIMBUS; EXPLANT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WOUND HEALING;

AMNION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0142231949     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0272     Document Type: Article

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