Epithelial cell characteristics of cultured human limbal explants

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-398

  Joseph, A ^b   Powell Richards, A O R ^b   Shanmuganathan, V A ^b,c   Dua, H S ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Alexander Wernher Pigott Mem Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 19; ENOLASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLERA; STAINING; STEM CELL; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION;

CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LIMBUS CORNEAE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 1542407175     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.018481     Document Type: Article

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