N-cadherin is expressed by putative stem/progenitor cells and melanocytes in the human limbal epithelial stem cell niche

Stem Cells

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-296

  Hayashi, Ryuhei ^a   Yamato, Masayuki ^b   Sugiyama, Hiroaki ^c   Sumide, Taizo ^c   Yang, Joseph ^b   Okano, Teruo ^b   Tano, Yasuo ^c   Nishida, Kohji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelium; Limbal epithelium; Melanocyte; N cadherin; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; STEM CELL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33846929401     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0167     Document Type: Article

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