Cell size correlates with phenotype and proliferative capacity in human corneal epithelial cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 368-375

  De Paiva, Cintia S ^a   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a   Li, De Quan ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BrdU; Cell size; Cornea; Epithelium; Limbus; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; METABOLISM;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCG2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BROXURIDINE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE K3; CKAP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INVOLUCRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33746865602     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2005-0148     Document Type: Article

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