Ex vivo expansion of limbal epithelial stem cells: Amniotic membrane serving as a stem cell niche

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 631-646

  Grueterich, Martin ^a,b   Espana, Edgar M ^b   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Ocular Surface Research Education Foundation   (United States)

^c OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Amniotic membrane; Autograft; Differentiation; Epithelium; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Limbus; Stem cell; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; KERATIN; LAMININ; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMNION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIRIDIA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KERATITIS; LABORATORY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROMA;

EID: 0242579547     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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