Corneal epithelial stem cells at the limbus: Looking at some old problems from a new angle

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-446

  Lavker, Robert M ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^b   Sun, Tung Tien ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Limbal epithelium; Limbal transplantation; Ocular surface disease; Transient amplifying cells; Wound repair

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AMNION; AUTOGRAFT; BASAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0842288676     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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