Human corneal endothelial cell precursors isolated by sphere-forming assay

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1626-1631

  Yokoo, Seiichi ^a   Yamagami, Satoru ^a   Yanagi, Yasuo ^a   Uchida, Saiko ^a   Mimura, Tatsuya ^a   Usui, Tomohiko ^a   Amano, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; BETA3 TUBULIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS; TUBULIN;

EID: 20444493924     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1263     Document Type: Article

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