Human anterior lens capsule as a biologic substrate for the ex vivo expansion of limbal stem cells in ocular surface reconstruction

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-478

  Galal, Ahmed ^a,b   Perez Santonja, Juan J ^c   Rodriguez Prats, Jose Luis ^c   Abad, Marta ^c   Alio, Jorge ^c  

^a Baveria Clinics   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human lens capsule; Scaffold; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BIOPSY; CAPSULORHEXIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESMOSOME; EPITHELIUM; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS CAPSULE; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34247638425     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318033bd0f     Document Type: Article

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