Serum-free spheroid culture of mouse corneal keratocytes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1653-1658

  Yoshida, Satoru ^a,b   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a   Shimazaki, Jun ^a   Shinozaki, Naoshi ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,c  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Seed Co   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; KERATOCAN; TRYPSIN; VIMENTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHEROID CELL; STROMA CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SEPARATION; CORNEA STROMA; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CORNEAL STROMA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 20444433112     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1405     Document Type: Article

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