Stem cell markers in the human posterior limbus and corneal endothelium of unwounded and wounded corneas

Molecular Vision

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 1984-2000

  McGowan, Sara L ^a   Edelhauser, Henry F ^b   Pfister, Roswell R ^c   Whikehart, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Eye Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELL MARKER; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEM CELL; TISSUE REPAIR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35548971958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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