Transplantation of human limbal cells cultivated on amniotic membrane for reconstruction of rat corneal epithelium after alkaline burn

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 927-935

  Song, E ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Cui, Zhi Hua ^a   Dong, Yu ^a   Sui, Dong Ming ^a   Guan, Xiao Kang ^a   Ma, Yang Ling ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; BrdU; Corneal limbus; Stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER; PROTEIN P63;

AMNION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC BURN; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; K12 GENE; K19 GENE; K3 GENE; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMNION; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 20944452321     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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