Cultivation of human corneal limbal stem cells in Mebiol gel® - A thermo-reversible gelation polymer

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue DEC., 2006, Pages 655-664

  Sudha, B ^a   Madhavan, H N ^a   Sitalakshmi, G ^a   Malathi, J ^a   Krishnakumar, S ^a   Mori, Y ^b   Yoshioka, H ^b   Abraham, S ^c,d  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d Nichi In Centre for Regenerative Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Limbal explants; Limbal stem cell transplantion; Mebiol gel

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; BIOMATERIAL; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CELL MARKER; CONNEXIN 43; DNA; POLYMER; PROTEIN P63; ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCG2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN ALPHA9; TP73L PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXPLANT; GELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEL; METHODOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRIN ALPHA CHAINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 34247123170     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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